Gestational weight gain and offspring asthma: A novel opportunity for primary prevention research

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 544-546

  Camargo, C A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WEIGHT GAIN; ECZEMA; FEMALE; RHINITIS;

ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RHINITIS;

EID: 84923525140     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12436     Document Type: Editorial

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