Exploring Exclusive Breastfeeding and Childhood Cancer Using Linked Data
Helen D. Bailey
Abstract:Søegaard and colleagues 1 investigated whether prolonged exclusive breastfeeding (defined as Ն3 months) was associated with childhood cancer. Their register-based study included all children in the Danish National Child Health Register who were born between 2005 and 2018 and who had information about exclusive breastfeeding, defined as breast milk supplemented only by water or milk formula (maximum of once weekly). Until 2011, the reporting of exclusive breastfeeding in Denmark was voluntary (data available fo… Show more
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