Lack of association of mercury with risk of wheeze and eczema in Japanese children: The Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1180-1184

  Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Yasutake, Akira ^b   Sasaki, Satoshi ^c   Hirota, Yoshio ^d  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Eczema; Japanese children; Mercury; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MERCURY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

JAPAN;

EID: 80755128125     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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