Consumption of Artificially-Sweetened Soft Drinks in Pregnancy and Risk of Child Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Maslova, Ekaterina ^a,b   Strøm, Marin ^a   Olsen, Sjurdur F ^a,b   Halldorsson, Thorhallur I ^a,c,d  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED SOFTDRINK; ASTHMA; BEVERAGE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SWEETENING AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874517805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057261     Document Type: Article

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