Breastfeeding and respiratory tract infections during the first 2 years of life

Jingying Wang¹, Alban Ramette¹, Maja Jurca¹, Myrofora Goutaki^{1

2}, Caroline S Beardsmore³, Claudia E Kuehni^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Children's University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Jingying Wang et al. ERJ Open Res. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 2;3(2):00143-2016.

doi: 10.1183/23120541.00143-2016. eCollection 2017 Apr.

Jingying Wang¹, Alban Ramette¹, Maja Jurca¹, Myrofora Goutaki^{1

2}, Caroline S Beardsmore³, Claudia E Kuehni^{1

2}

¹ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Children's University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Abstract

Breastfeeding and respiratory tract infections http://ow.ly/Isd9309JS69.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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