Breastfeeding and the risk of respiratory tract infections after infancy: The Generation R Study

Ilse Tromp; Jessica Kiefte-de Jong; Hein Raat; Vincent Jaddoe; Oscar Franco; Albert Hofman; Johan de Jongste; Henriëtte Moll

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172763

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Breastfeeding and the risk of respiratory tract infections after infancy: The Generation R Study

Ilse Tromp,

Affiliations The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Jessica Kiefte-de Jong ,

* E-mail: j.c.kiefte-dejong@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations The Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Department of Global Public Health, Leiden University College, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Hein Raat,

Affiliation The Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Vincent Jaddoe,

Affiliations The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Oscar Franco,

Affiliation The Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Albert Hofman,

Affiliation The Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Johan de Jongste,

Affiliation The Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Henriëtte Moll

Affiliation The Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Breastfeeding and the risk of respiratory tract infections after infancy: The Generation R Study

Ilse Tromp,
Jessica Kiefte-de Jong,
Hein Raat,
Vincent Jaddoe,
Oscar Franco,
Albert Hofman,
Johan de Jongste,
Henriëtte Moll

Published: February 23, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172763

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