Fetal growth and hospitalization with asthma during early childhood: A follow-up study in Denmark

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1240-1245

  Yuan, Wei ^a,c   Basso, Olga ^a   Sorensen, Henrik T ^a,b   Olsen, Jorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Birthweight; Child; Fetus; Growth; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DENMARK; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036993979     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.6.1240     Document Type: Article

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