Caesarean section and asthma
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Caesarean section and asthma: alternative explanations?
inhalation allergens at age 11. It would therefore be most informative if the authors could provide additional data on the differences between the neonatal anthropometric data of the children with and without ceasarean section, and on the indications for caesarean sections themselves. This issue is of significant importance and of clinical relevance because, if indeed a causal relationship exis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.115345