Because length of exclusive breast -feeding is positively associated with both infant PCB concentration and thymus volume, unadjusted estimates of the PCB thymus association at 6 months would tend to underestimate the adverse association between infant PCB concentration and thymus volume.
Because the prevalence of exclusive breast-feeding in Hong Kong at 4 weeks postpartum is only about 22% (Khin et al. 2002), we included mothers who partially breast-fed.
We kept him hidden as much as possible, partly because of his own explicit wish, partly because of a form of exclusive and jealous affection that we all felt for him, and partly because a combination of rationality and intuition advised us to shield him from unnecessary contact with our human world.
She thinks it's all because of the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding: "I am convinced that my breast milk is the best and the most natural food for my child.
It should be noted that the BDAE subtypes were slightly better with respect to overlap across different groups, presumably because although these consist of exclusive categories, they are based on a multidimensional profile derived from a number of tests.
The main reason that no one offers an online service that lets you watch any movie you want is because of the exclusive deals that the pay TV networks — mainly Starz and HBO — cut to have exclusive access to films that are one to five years old.
Because of the exclusive arrangement, radio stations deal only with the promoter, not the labels or artists, said Cary Sherman, president of the recording industry group.
City Councilman David Yassky of Brooklyn said that he had heard complaints from several vending companies, including Champion, that were forced to lay off employees after losing business to Snapple because of its exclusive deal.
A survey of 1,000 heavy users of social networks and other digital media conducted in August 2009 by Razorfish, an advertising agency, found that 44% of those following brands on Twitter said they did so because of the exclusive deals the firms offered to users.As Kogi BBQ and Sprinkles show, social networks are arguably having an even greater impact on small businesses than on the big league.
