Atopic manifestations, breast-feeding protection and the adverse effect of DDE

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-220

  Karmaus, Wilfried ^a   Davis, Susan ^a   Chen, Qin ^a   Kuehr, Joachim ^b   Kruse, Hermann ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECTICIDES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0037395036     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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