Associations between maternal antioxidant intakes in pregnancy and infant allergic outcomes

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1747-1758

  West, Christina E ^a,b   Dunstan, Janet ^a   McCarthy, Suzi ^a   Metcalfe, Jessica ^a   D'Vaz, Nina ^a   Meldrum, Suzanne ^a   Oddy, Wendy H ^c   Tulic, Meri K ^a,d   Prescott, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Allergy; Antioxidant; Childhood; Copper; Diet; Dietary intake; Eczema; Pregnancy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; COPPER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ZINC;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; WHEEZING;

EID: 84870587756     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4111747     Document Type: Article

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