Effects of prolonged breastfeeding and colostrum fatty acids on allergic manifestations and infections in infancy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 918-928

  Morales, E ^a,b,c   Garcia Esteban R ^a,b,c   Guxens, M ^a,b,c   Guerra, S ^a,b,c,d   Mendez, M ^a,b,c   Molto Puigmarti C ^c,e   Lopez Sabater, M C ^c,e   Sunyer, J ^a,b,c,f  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Eczema; Gastroenteritis; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Lower respiratory tract infections; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDOMINANT BREASTFEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COLOSTRUM; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 84865170341     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2012.03969.x     Document Type: Article

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