The association between birth size and atopy in young North-European adults

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1022-1027

  Laerum, Birger N ^a,b   Svanes, C ^b   Wentzel Larsen, T ^a   Gulsvik, A ^a,b   Iversen, M ^c   Gislason, T ^d   Jogi R ^e   Norrman, E ^f   Janson, C ^g   Omenaas, E ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Birth weight; ECRHS; Head circumference

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; ECZEMA; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; ICELAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 27744450408     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02289.x     Document Type: Article

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