Body build and atopy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2 II, 2000, Pages 393-394

  Xu, Baizhuang ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,c   Pekkanen, Juha ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Birth cohort; Body build; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRTH ORDER; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033964251     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(00)90095-2     Document Type: Article

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