Article
Impaired airway function and wheezing in infancy: the influence of maternal smoking and a genetic predisposition to asthma.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Feb 1999
Dezateux C, Stocks J, Dundas I, Fletcher M E
Abstract excerpt
This prospective community-based study of infants born in inner London was undertaken to examine the association between premorbid airway function and subsequent wheezing in the first year of life and to explore the influence on this association of a family history of asthma and maternal smoking...
Topics
- Airway Resistance
- Asthma
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- London
- Male
- Maternal Exposure
- Odds Ratio
- Plethysmography
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Prospective Studies
- Respiratory Sounds