Swimming pool attendance, asthma, allergies, and lung function in the avon longitudinal study of parents and children cohort

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 582-588

  Font Ribera, Laia ^a,b,c,d   Villanueva, Cristina M ^a,b,e   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,e   Zock, Jan Paul ^a,b,e   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,e,f   Henderson, John ^g  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; Epidemiology; Irritants; Pediatric; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ECZEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIROMETRY; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 79952235421     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201005-0761OC     Document Type: Article

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