Prenatal factors and use of anti-asthma medications in early childhood: A population-based Danish birth cohort study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 763-768

  Yuan, Wei ^a,c   Fonager, Kirsten ^b   Olsen, Jørn ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Fetal growth; Infant; Prenatal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0042928291     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025390420122     Document Type: Article

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