Folic acid use in pregnancy and the development of atopy, asthma, and lung function in childhood

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Magdelijns, Fabienne J H ^a   Mommers, Monique ^a   Penders, John ^a,b   Smits, Luc ^a   Thijs, Carel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Cohort studies; Folic acid; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 79959951128     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1690     Document Type: Article

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