Prevalence of atopic dermatitis in infants by domestic water hardness and season of birth: Cohort study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1568-1574.e1

  Engebretsen, Kristiane A ^a   Bager, Peter ^b   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^b   Skov, Lone ^a   Zachariae, Claus ^a   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^a   Melbye, Mads ^b   Thyssen, Jacob P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; birth cohort; climate; risk factors; season of birth; water hardness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; WATER HARDNESS; CHEMISTRY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HARDNESS;

WATER;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 85009783291     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.11.021     Document Type: Article

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