Effect of fetal sex on airway lability in pregnant women with asthma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-221

  Kwon, Helen L ^a   Belanger, Kathleen ^b   Holford, Theodore R ^c   Bracken, Michael B ^b,c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Fetus; Peak expiratory flow rate; Pregnancy; Sex

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; GENDER; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31344445119     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj032     Document Type: Article

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