Cesarean section without medical indication and risk of childhood asthma, and attenuation by breastfeeding.

Previous studies suggest that caesarean section (CS) may increase the risk of asthma in children, but none of them could preclude potential confounding effects of underlying medical indications for CS. We aim to assess the association between CS itself (without medical indications) and risk of child...

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Main Authors: Shuyuan Chu, Qian Chen, Yan Chen, Yixiao Bao, Min Wu, Jun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5602659?pdf=render