Reproductive history and allergic rhinitis among 31145 Danish women

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Westergaard, Tine ^a   Begtrup, K ^a   Rostgaard, K ^a   Krause, T G ^a   Benn, C S ^a   Melbye, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Epidemiology; Fertility; Menarche; Parity; Pregnancy; Reproductive history; Spontaneous abortion; Th2

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037335762     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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