Mediterranean Diet as a Protective Factor for Wheezing in Preschool Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Castro Rodriguez, Jose A ^a   Garcia Marcos, Luis ^b,c   Alfonseda Rojas, Juan D ^d   Valverde Molina, Jose ^e   Sanchez Solis, Manuel ^b,f  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Spanish Biomedical Research Network Consortium in Epidemiology and Public Health ^*  (Spain)

^d Cartagena Health Center   (Spain)

^e Los Arcos Hospital   (Spain)

^f Arrixaca University Children's Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEEZING;

EID: 43549106141     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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