Perinatal Predictors of Atopic Dermatitis Occurring in the First Six Months of Life

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 468-474

  Moore, Megan M ^a   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b,c   Gold, Diane R ^b,d   Weiss, Scott T ^b   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Gender; Gestational age; Infancy; Perinatal; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442348320     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.3.468     Document Type: Article

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