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Breast Milk and the Risk of Opportunistic Infection in Infancy in Industrialized and Non-Industrialized Settings

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Advances in Nutritional Research

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The purpose of this systematic review is to examine the relationship between infant feeding mode (i.e., breast-feedingversusothers) and infective illnesses in industrialized and non-industrialized countries.

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Chien, P.F.W., Howie, P.W. (2001). Breast Milk and the Risk of Opportunistic Infection in Infancy in Industrialized and Non-Industrialized Settings. In: Woodward, B., Draper, H.H. (eds) Advances in Nutritional Research. Advances in Nutritional Research, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0661-4_4

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