Maternal asthma, infant feeding, and the risk of asthma in childhood

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-67

  Oddy, Wendy H ^a,b   Peat, Jennifer K ^c   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Breast feeding; Childhood; Maternal asthma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MILK; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036971278     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.125296     Document Type: Article

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