Early life factors associated with incidence of physician-diagnosed asthma in preschool children: Results from the canadian early childhood development cohort study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Midodzi, William K ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Majaesic, Carina M ^b   Saunders, Leslie Duncan ^b   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cohort study; Early life factors; Hygiene hypothesis; Incidence; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NOSE INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76149113268     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903380996     Document Type: Article

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