Prenatal and childhood Mediterranean diet and the development of asthma and allergies in children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9 SPEC. ISSUE 9A, 2009, Pages 1629-1634

  Chatzi, Leda ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Mediterranean diet; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 73349125206     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990474     Document Type: Article

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