Can we be optimistic about asthma in childhood? A Greek cohort study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Bacopoulou, Flora ^a   Veltsista, Alexandra ^a   Vassi, Ippolyti ^a   Gika, Artemis ^a   Lekea, Vasso ^a   Priftis, Kostas ^b   Bakoula, Chryssa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Birth cohort; Factors; Longitudinal; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; ONSET AGE; OPTIMISM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; VEGETABLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DIET; HAY FEVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; VEGETABLES;

EID: 63149155745     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802553128     Document Type: Article

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