High birth weight, asthma and atopy at the age of 16 yr

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-543

  Remes, S T ^a,b   Patel, S P ^c   Hartikainen, A L ^d   Jarvelin, M R ^d,e   Pekkanen, J ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Birth weight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 49749097209     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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