Perinatal risk factors for atopic disease in conscripts

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 936-942

  Braback L ^a,c   Hedberg, A ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Birth register; Conscripts; Gestation; Gestational age; Maternal age; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031668229     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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