Impaired fetal growth decreases the risk of childhood atopic eczema: A Swedish twin study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1044-1053

  Lundholm, C ^a   Ortqvist A K ^a   Lichtenstein, P ^a   Cnattingius, S ^b   Almqvist, C ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Birth weight; Child; Epidemiology; Gestational age; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 77953482552     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03519.x     Document Type: Article

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