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Maternal breastfeeding and autism spectrum disorder in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ping-Tao TsengDepartment of Psychiatry, Tsyr-Huey Mental Hospital, Kaohsiung Jen-Ai’s Home, TaiwanORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5761-7800
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Yen-Wen ChenDepartment of Neurology, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Brendon StubbsPhysiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK;Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK;Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK
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Andre F. CarvalhoTranslational Psychiatry Research Group and Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil;Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Prof. Costa Mendes, 1608, 4° andar, 60430-040, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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Paul WhiteleyESPA Research, 2A Hylton Park Road, SunderlandSR5 3HD, UK
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Chia-Hung TangDepartment of Psychiatry, Tainan hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
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Wei-Cheng YangDepartment of Adult Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung City, TaiwanORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0186-8798
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Tien-Yu ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital; School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Dian-Jeng LiDepartment of Addiction Science, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, TaiwanORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-045X
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Che-Sheng ChuDepartment of Psychiatry, Puli Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Nantou County, Taiwan
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Wei-Chieh YangDepartment of Pediatrics, DA-AN Women and Children Hospital, Tainan City, Taiwan
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Hsin-Yi LiangDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Taoyuan and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Ching-Kuan WuDepartment of Psychiatry, Tsyr-Huey Mental Hospital, Kaohsiung Jen-Ai’s Home, Taiwan
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Cheng-Fang YenDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pao-Yen LinDepartment of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;Institute for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 354-362 | Published online: 18 Oct 2017

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