Infrequent milk consumption plus being overweight may have great risk for asthma in girls

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1295-1301

  Mai, X M ^a   Becker, A B ^a   Sellers, E A C ^a   Liem, J J ^a   Kozyrskyj, A L ^a,b  

^a MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Consumption, milk; Estrogens; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35148899287     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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