Cesarean Section and Risk of Severe Childhood Asthma: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tollånes, Mette C ^a,b   Moster, Dag ^a,b,c   Daltveit, Anne K ^a,b   Irgens, Lorentz M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK;

EID: 47649120494     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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