Caesarean sections and risk of wheezing in childhood and adolescence: Data from two birth cohort studies in Brazil

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-223

  Menezes, A M B ^a   Hallal, P C ^a   Matijasevich, A M ^a   Barros, A J D ^a   Horta, B L ^a   Araujo, C L P ^a   Gigante, D P ^a   Santos, I S ^a   Minten, G ^a   Domingues, M R ^a   Dumith, S C ^a   Barros, F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Caesarean section; Child; Cohort studies; Current wheezing; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Persistent wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78651440363     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03611.x     Document Type: Article

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