Sibling number and prevalence of allergic disorders in pregnant Japanese women: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although an inverse relationship between number of siblings and likelihood of allergic disorders has been shown in many epidemiological studies, the biological mechanism underlying this phenomenon has not yet been identified. There i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-07-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/561 |