Stress-related maternal factors during pregnancy in relation to childhood eczema: Results from the LISA Study

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-487

  Sausenthaler, Stefanie ^a   Rzehak, P ^a,b   Chen, C M ^a,c   Arck, P ^d,e   Bockelbrink, A ^e   Schafer T ^f   Schaaf, B ^g   Borte, M ^h,i   Herbarth, O ^h,j   Kramer U ^k   Von Berg, A ^l   Wichmann, H E ^a,b   Heinrich, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^g Medical Practice for Pediatrics   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^j HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^k HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Birth cohort; Eczema; Infants; LISA study; Pregnancy; Stress related maternal factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 74849119475     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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