Breastfeeding, asthma, and allergy: A tale of two cities

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Brew, Bronwyn K ^a,b   Kull, Inger ^c   Garden, Frances ^a,b   Almqvist, Catarina ^c,d   Bergström, Anna ^c   Lind, Tomas ^c   Webb, Karen ^e   Wickman, Magnus ^c,f   Marks, Guy B ^a,b  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Birth cohort; Breast feeding; Children; Prevention; Reverse causation; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MILK; PATERNAL AGE; PEANUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84856396476     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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