Maternal employment and atopic dermatitis in children: A prospective cohort study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 794-801

  Wang, I J ^a,b,c,d   Wen, H J ^e   Chiang, T L ^f   Lin, S J ^g   Chen, P C ^e,f   Guo, Y L ^e  

^a TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; WORKING TIME;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875442423     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12195     Document Type: Article

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