Is delivery by cesarean section a risk factor for food allergy?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 420-426

  Eggesbø, Merete ^a   Botten, Grete ^b   Stigum, Hein ^a   Nafstad, Per ^a   Magnus, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cesarean section; Double blind; Egg allergy; Food hypersensitivity; Hygiene; Placebo controlled food challenge; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EGG ALLERGY; FISH; FOOD ALLERGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUT ALLERGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0041528443     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1610     Document Type: Article

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