Socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors associated with asthma related outcomes in early childhood: The generation R study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Hafkamp de Groen, Esther ^a   Sonnenschein van Der Voort, Agnes M M ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Duijts, Liesbeth ^a,b   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b   Moll, Henriëtte A ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a   De Jongste, Johan C ^b   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL UNEMPLOYMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PATERNAL UNEMPLOYMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892918843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078266     Document Type: Article

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