Maternal atopy and changes in parity

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1028-1032

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b   Anto J M ^a,b   Plana, E ^a   Janson, C ^c   Jarvis, D ^d   Kony, S ^e   Omenaas, E R ^f   Svanes, C ^f   Wjst, M ^g   Leynaert, B ^e  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; Fertility; IgE sensitization; Parity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744447843     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02300.x     Document Type: Article

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