Mothers' anxiety during pregnancy is associated with asthma in their children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Cookson, Hannah ^a   Granell, Raquel ^b   Joinson, Carol ^b   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Henderson, A John ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; asthma; child; pregnancy; prenatal programming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 63449095888     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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