PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 2 August 1996, pp. 321
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BREASTFEEDING AS PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST ATOPIC DISEASE: PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP STUDY UNTIL 17 YEARS OLD

Michael Kaplan MD1 and Marion Johnson MD1

1 Los Angeles, CA

In this cohort prolonged breastfeeding in the first year of life was prophylactic against food allergy, eczema, and respiratory allergies extending to late adolescence.