Familial factors do not confound the association between birth weight and childhood asthma

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Örtqvist, Anne Kristina ^a   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Carlström, Eva ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Almqvist, Catarina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Birth weight; Epidemiology; Fetal growth; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70349737843     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0305     Document Type: Article

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