Wheezing and eczema in relation to infant anthropometry: Evidence of developmental programming of disease in childhood

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Carrington, Lynda J ^a   Langley Evans, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Eczema; Fetal programming; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646674316     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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