Occupational exposure during pregnancy and the risk of hay fever in 7-year-old children

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-188

  Christensen, Berit Hvass ^a,b   Thulstrup, Ane Marie ^b   Hougaard, Karin Sørig ^c   Skadhauge, Lars R ^d   Hansen, Kirsten Skamstrup ^e   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d Hospital of South West ^*  (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergy; Hay fever; Maternal exposure; Occupational exposure; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876813639     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2012.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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