Consumption of organic foods and risk of atopic disease during the first 2 years of life in the Netherlands

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 598-605

  Kummeling, Ischa ^a,b   Thijs, Carel ^a,c   Huber, Machteld ^d   van de Vijver, Lucy P L ^d   Snijders, Bianca E P ^a   Penders, John ^c   Stelma, Foekje ^a,e   van Ree, Ronald ^f   van den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Eczema; Infants; Organic diet

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIC NUTRIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; VEGETABLE; WHEEZING;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; ECZEMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 38949175370     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507815844     Document Type: Article

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