Oral contraceptive pill use before pregnancy and respiratory outcomes in early childhood

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-536

  Hancock, Dana B ^a,e   Håberg, Siri E ^b   Furu, Kari ^b,c   Whitworth, Kristina W ^a   Nafstad, Per ^b,d   Nystad, Wenche ^b   London, Stephanie J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cohort studies; Oral contraceptives; Pregnancy; Respiratory tract; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN PLUS PROGESTIN; GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960557297     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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