Risk factors for wheezing in early adolescence: A prospective birth cohort study in Brazil

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 427-431

  Menezes, Ana M B ^a   Hallal, Pedro C ^a   Muiño, Adriana ^a,b   Chatkin, Moema ^a,c   Araújo, Cora L P ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d Latin American Center of Perinatology and Human Development PAHO/WHO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

EID: 34248546457     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60756-9     Document Type: Article

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