Early respiratory morbidity in a multicultural birth cohort: The Generation R Study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 453-462

  Gabriele, Carmelo ^a,b   Silva, Lindsay M ^a,c   Arends, Lidia R ^c,d   Raat, Hein ^c   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Hofman, Albert ^c   Jaddoe, Vincent W ^a   De Jongste, Johan C ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Infants; Pre and postnatal exposures; Prospective birth cohort; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BIRTH RATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863718076     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9675-9     Document Type: Article

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