Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating breast feeding and childhood wheezing illness

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-518

  Brew, Bronwyn K ^a   Allen, C Wendy ^a,b   Toelle, Brett G ^a   Marks, Guy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

asthma; breast feeding; childhood; meta analysis; wheezing

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BIRTH; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAQ; JAPAN; KOREA; MALTA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054068534     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01233.x     Document Type: Review

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