Birth by caesarean section and asthma: This editorial discusses the findings of the paper in this issue by. [5], pp 629-633

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 554-556

  Adams, M ^a   Doull, I ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM ABSORPTION; TACHYPNEA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 40949134223     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.02948.x     Document Type: Editorial

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