Supplementation with vitamin A early in life and subsequent risk of asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1310-1319

  Checkley, W ^a,b   West Jr , K P ^b   Wise, R A ^a   Wu, L ^b   LeClerq, S C ^b,d   Khatry, S ^d   Katz, J ^b   Christian, P ^b   Tielsch, J M ^b   Sommer, A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Asthma; Longitudinal study; Randomised clinical trial; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BETA CAROTENE; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK; SPIROMETRY; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555185053     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00006911     Document Type: Article

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