Atopy, lung function, and obstructive airways disease after prenatal exposure to famine

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 555-561

  Lopuhaa C E ^a   Roseboom, T J ^a   Osmond, C ^b   Barker, D J P ^b   Ravelli, A C J ^a   Bleker, O P ^a   Van Der Zee, J S ^a   Van Der Meulen, J H P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Famine; Fetal origins of disease; Obstructive airways disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034046791     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.7.555     Document Type: Article

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