Contribution of early nutrition on the development of malnutrition and allergic diseases in the first year of life: a study protocol for the Mother and Infant Cohort Study (MICOS)

• Main Authors: Fui Chee Woon (Author), Yit Siew Chin (Author), Intan Hakimah Ismail (Author), Yoke Mun Chan (Author), Marijka Batterham (Author), Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff (Author), Wan Ying Gan (Author), Geeta Appannah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nutrition and environmental factors are essential for the education of the neonatal immune system. Epidemiological evidence has shown that malnutrition and allergic diseases that occur during early childhood share similar protective and risk factors. This paper describes the prot...