Do early-life exposures explain why more advantaged children get eczema? Findings from the U.K. Millennium Cohort Study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 569-578

  Taylor Robinson, David C ^a,b   Williams, H ^c   Pearce, A ^b   Law, C ^b   Hope, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DRUG EXPOSURE; EARLY LIFE RISK FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MILK; MOTHER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959418809     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14310     Document Type: Article

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