Body mass index in young children and allergic disease: Gender differences in a longitudinal study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Murray, C S ^a   Canoy, D ^b   Buchan, I ^b   Woodcock, A ^a   Simpson, A ^a   Custovic, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index; Eczema; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78650022221     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03598.x     Document Type: Article

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