Article
Breastfeeding and risk of asthma, hay fever and eczema
2017-05-31
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Breastfeeding is commonly proposed to protect against atopic diseases. However, studies aiming to quantify these protective effects have shown conflicting results. <h4>Methods</h4> To entrench the effects of breastfeeding on risk of asthma, hay fever and eczema, our study included a large study cohort, UK Biobank (N=502,682). Information was collected on whether participants had been breastfe...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a4063be4-aa6a-545a-8c00-75070dd237ca
- DOI
- 10.1101/144352
