Sociocultural characteristics, obesity and inflammatory biomarkers in Puerto Rican toddlers born in New York City

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 487-492

  Kannan, Srimathi ^a   Acosta, Luis M ^b   Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^c   Divjan, Adnan ^b   Bracero, Luis A ^d   Perzanowski, Matthew S ^b   Chew, Ginger L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy sensitization; Asthma; Biomarkers; HsCRP; Inflammation; Leptin; Obesity; Puerto Rican; Sociocultural; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LEPTIN;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTHPLACE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PUERTO RICO; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIOCULTURAL CHARACTERISTIC; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGY SENSITIZATION; ASTHMA; BIOMARKERS; HSCRP; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PUERTO RICAN; SOCIOCULTURAL; TODDLERS;

ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEPTIN; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880930051     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12084     Document Type: Article

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