Cohort Profile: The Barwon Infant Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1148-1160

  Vuillermin, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Saffery, Richard ^b,d   Allen, Katrina J ^b,d,e   Carlin, John B ^b,d   Tang, Mimi L K ^b,d,e   Ranganathan, Sarath ^b,d,e   Burgner, David ^b,d,f   Dwyer, Terry ^e,g   Collier, Fiona ^a,c   Jachno, Kim ^b   Sly, Peter ^h   Symeonides, Christos ^a,b,d   McCloskey, Kathleen ^a,b,c,d   Molloy, John ^a,b,c   Forrester, Michael ^a,c   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b,d  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g THE GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; FOLIC ACID;

ALLERGY; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ETIOLOGY; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; SKIN; URINE;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROBIOME; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URINE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; VICTORIA;

EID: 84943580478     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv026     Document Type: Article

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