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- Title
Reduced risk of neonatal respiratory infections among breastfed girls but not boys.
- Authors
Sinha, Anushua; Madden, Jeanne; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Soumerai, Stephen; Platt, Richard
- Abstract
The effect of breastfeeding on community-acquired neonatal infections has not been well studied, although the neonatal period is one of special vulnerability to infectious pathogens. Respiratory tract infections are the neonatal infection most commonly diagnosed after nursery discharge. We therefore chose respiratory tract infections diagnosed after nursery discharge as representative of neonatal community-acquired infection and studied the impact of breastfeeding on this neonatal infection syndrome.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2003, Vol 112, Issue 4, pe303
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.112.4.e303