Early life circumstances and atopic disorders in childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 858-865

  Bernsen, R M D ^a,b   Van Der Wouden, J C ^a   Nagelkerke, N J D ^b   De Jongste, J C ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ATOPY; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; ONSET AGE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33745658036     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02518.x     Document Type: Review

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