Siblings, multiple births, and the incidence of allergic disease: A birth cohort study using the West Midlands general practice research database

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 758-762

  McKeever, T M ^a   Lewis, S A ^a   Smith, C ^a   Collins, J ^b   Heatlie, H ^b   Frischer, M ^b   Hubbard, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Birth order; Eczema; Hay fever; Multiple births

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; DATA BASE; ECZEMA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING HABIT; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECZEMA; ENGLAND; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034811173     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.10.758     Document Type: Article

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