Prenatal factors and occurrence of rhinitis and eczema among offspring

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 829-836

  Xu, Baizhuang ^a   Jarvelin M R ^b,c   Pekkanen, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic eczema; Allergic rhinitis; Birth cohort; Childhood; Pregnancy; Prenatal factors

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0007965681     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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