Infant sleeping environment and asthma at 7 years: A prospective cohort study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2238-2245

  Trevillian, Leigh F ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a,e   Dwyer, Terence ^b   Kemp, Andrew ^c,d   Cochrane, Jennifer ^b   Lim, Lynette L Y ^a   Carmichael, Allan ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BED; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAINTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP PARAMETERS; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SLEEP; TASMANIA;

EID: 28444448378     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.047191     Document Type: Article

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