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Breast Feeding, Cow Milk Feeding, and Allergy
Author(s) -
Ståhlberg M.R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1985.tb00891.x
Subject(s) - allergy , medicine , breast feeding , milk allergy , cow's milk allergy , cow milk , breast milk , pediatrics , duration (music) , food allergy , food science , immunology , biology , art , biochemistry , literature
Information about every 10th child aged 14 to 38 months was collected by means questionnaire in Turku, Finland in March, 1983. This paper reports on the occurrence of allergy in relation to the duration of breast feeding and to the age of the child cow milk feeding was started. The average duration of breast feeding was 5.7 months and the average age at the introduction of cow milk‐based products was 4.3 months. Allergy was reported in family members of 47.6% of the children. In 30.3% the himself was reported allergic. The occurrence of allergy was unaffected by the duration breast feeding and the age at introduction of cow milk feeding.