Maternal occupational exposure to asthmogens during pregnancy and risk of asthma in 7-year-old children: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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

^d Clinical Diagnostics Hospital of South West Jutland   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84877771700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002401     Document Type: Article

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