Environmental and dietary risk factors for infantile atopic eczema among a Slovak birth cohort

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Dunlop, Anne L ^a   Reichrtova, Eva ^b   Palcovicova, Luba ^b   Ciznar, Peter ^c   Adamcakova Dodd, Andrea ^d   Smith, S J ^e   McNabb, Scott J N ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Med   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic eczema; Diet; Environment; Primary prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVESTOCK; MATERNITY WARD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOVAKIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33645278092     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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