Maternal bereavement and childhood asthma-analyses in two large samples of Swedish children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fang, Fang ^a   Höglund, Caroline Olgart ^a,b   Arck, Petra ^c   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Lekander, Mats ^a,d   Almqvist, Catarina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MONTELUKAST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK;

ASTHMA; BEREAVEMENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 80455126990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027202     Document Type: Article

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