Consistent effects of high socioeconomic status and low birth order, and the modifying effect of maternal smoking on the risk of allergic disease during childhood

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1237-1244

  Lewis, S A ^a   Britton, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031756823     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90427-9     Document Type: Article

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