Early origins of chronic obstructive lung diseases across the life course

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 871-885

  Duijts, Liesbeth ^a   Reiss, Irwin K ^a   Brusselle, Guy ^a,b   de Jongste, Johan C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Cohort study; Early origins

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; LIFESPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; NEWBORN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84919948533     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9981-5     Document Type: Review

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