Open AccessBreast-feeding and infant illness: a dose-response relationship?
Author(s) -
J RAISLER,
Claire Alexander,
Paula Linares Ocampo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.1.25
Subject(s) - medicine , wheeze , breast feeding , odds ratio , breastfeeding , pediatrics , diarrhea , breast milk , asthma , biochemistry , chemistry
The purpose of this study was to determine whether breast-feeding has a dose-related protective effect against illness and whether it confers special health benefits to poor infants.
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