Birth anthropometric measures, body mass index and allergic diseases in a birth cohort study (BAMSE)

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 881-886

  Mai, Xiao Mei ^a,b   Almqvist, Catarina ^d   Nilsson, Lennart ^e   Wickman, Magnus ^c  

^a John Buhler Research Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 35148867051     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.110692     Document Type: Article

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