Investigation into the increase in hay fever and eczema at age 16 observed between the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7110, 1997, Pages 717-721

  Butland, Barbara K ^a   Strachan, David P ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^b   Bynner, John ^c,d   Butler, Neville ^c,e   Britton, John ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Social Statistics Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e Intl Centre for Child Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; HAY FEVER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030776880     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7110.717     Document Type: Article

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