Birth weight and subsequent risk of asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 511-519

  Mu, Min ^a   Ye, Song ^a   Bai, Ming Jie ^a   Liu, Guo Li ^a   Tong, Yuan ^a   Wang, Su Fang ^b   Sheng, Jie ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Birth weight; Foetal growth; Meta analysis; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; POPULATION RISK; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904545655     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.11.018     Document Type: Review

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