The observed association between maternal anxiety and adolescent asthma: children of twin design suggest familial effects.

Previous studies indicate that maternal anxiety is associated with asthma in the adolescent child, but mechanisms are unclear.To investigate the association between maternal anxiety and maternal, self- and register-based report of asthma in the adolescent child, and whether the association remains a...

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Main Authors: Ida Havland, Cecilia Lundholm, Paul Lichtenstein, Jenae M Neiderhiser, Jody M Ganiban, Erica L Spotts, Hasse Walum, David Reiss, Catarina Almqvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3680455?pdf=render