The SELMA study: A birth cohort study in sweden following more than 2000 mother-child pairs

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 456-467

  Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^a,c   Moniruzzaman, Syed ^a   Larsson, Malin ^a   Lindström, Cecilia Boman ^a   Hasselgren, Mikael ^b   Bodin, Anna ^b   Von Kobyletzkic, Laura B ^b,d   Carlstedt, Fredrik ^b   Lundin, Fredrik ^b   Nånberg, Eewa ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^e   Sigsgaard, Torben ^f   Janson, Staffan ^a,b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b County Council of Värmland   (Sweden)

^c SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^d Institute of Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

environmental factors; prospective birth cohort study; selection bias; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864859506     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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