Is the Relationship between Breastfeeding and Childhood Risk of Asthma and Obesity Mediated by Infant Antibiotic Treatment?

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 326-333

  Krenz Niedbała, Marta ^a   Kos̈ciński, Krzysztof ^a   Puch, Elzbieta A ^a   Zelent, Anna ^b   Bręborowicz, Anna ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; BREAST FEEDING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POLAND; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938077237     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2014.0173     Document Type: Article

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