Puerto Rican Grandparents: A Case Study

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Rosas-Salazar et al. (2014) put together a case study in which the population was 1,127 children of Puerto Rican descent. All of the 1,127 children that were chosen for this study had to have four Puerto Rican grandparents. This was to ensure the validity of the study in question. The study was conducted due to the high prevalence of Asthma in the Puerto Rican population. The children that were chosen were living in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Hartford, Connecticut. The children ranged from six to fourteen years of age. There was only one child per family chosen, even if there was more than one child in that particular age category.
The intervention that was studied was, did breastfeeding and the duration of breastfeeding have an impact on

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