Neonatal head circumference, neonatal weight, and risk of hayfever, asthma and eczema in a large cohort of adolescents from Sheffield, England
- 10 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- Vol. 33 (6) , 737-745
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01670.x
Abstract
Background Neonatal physical characteristics, including head circumference and birth weight, have been hypothesized to be markers of in utero thymic development. Greater head circumference and lower ...Keywords
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