Protective benefit of predominant breastfeeding against otitis media may be limited to early childhood: results from a prospective birth cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To examine the long-term effects of predominant breastfeeding on incidence of otitis media. DESIGN: Prospective birth cohort study. SETTING: The West Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study recruited 2900 mothers through antenatal clinics at the major tertiary obstetric hospital in Per...

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Main Authors: Brennan-Jones, C., Eikelboom, R., Jacques, Angela, Swanepoel, D., Atlas, M., Whitehouse, A., Jamieson, S., Oddy, W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52560