The relationship between anthropometric measurements at birth: Asthma and atopy in childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 330-333

  Gregory, A ^c   Doull, I ^b,c   Pearce, N ^a   Cheng, S ^a   Leadbitter, P ^a   Holgate, S ^c   Beasley, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Head circumference at birth

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032967195     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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