Diet and asthma - Can you change what you or your children are by changing what you eat?

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-82

  de Vries, Annick ^a   Howie, Sarah E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Diet; Fatty acids; Obesity; Programming

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ASTHMA; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 63049115095     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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