Association between breast-feeding and severity of acute viral respiratory tract infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 986-988

  Vereen, Shanda ^a,b   Gebretsadik, Tebeb ^b   Hartert, Tina V ^a,b   Minton, Patricia ^a,b   Woodward, Kimberly ^a,b   Liu, Zhouwen ^a,b   Carroll, Kecia N ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection severity; Breast feeding; Lower respiratory tract infection; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERM BIRTH; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926143453     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000364     Document Type: Article

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