Parity among atopic and non-atopic mothers

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 134-136

  Nilsson, Lennart ^a   Kjellman, N I Max ^a   Löfman, Owe ^a   Björkstén, Bengt ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MICROORGANISM; MOTHER; PARITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031416708     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1997.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

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