Determinants of child health and development: The contribution of ALSPAC - A personal view of the birth cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-322

  Golding, Jean ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PARACETAMOL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECZEMA; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHEEZING;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 77953795945     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.178954     Document Type: Review

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