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Father’s environment before conception and asthma risk in his children: a multi-generation analysis of the Respiratory Health In Northern Europe study
Author(s) -
Cecilie Svanes,
Jennifer J. Koplin,
Svein Magne Skulstad,
Ane Johannessen,
Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen,
Byndis Benediktsdottir,
Lennart Bråbäck,
AnneElie Carsin,
Shyamali C. Dharmage,
Julia Dratva,
Bertil Forsberg,
Þórarinn Gíslason,
Joachim Heinrich,
Mathias Holm,
Christer Janson,
Deborah Jarvis,
Rain Jögi,
Susanne Krauss–Etschmann,
Eva Lindberg,
Ferenc Macsali,
Andreï Malinovschi,
Lars Modig,
Dan Norbäck,
Ernst Omenaas,
Eirunn Waatevik Saure,
Torben Sigsgaard,
Trude Duelien Skorge,
Øistein Svanes,
Kjell Torén,
Carl G. Torres,
Vivi Schlünssen,
Francisco Gómez Real
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw151
Subject(s) - offspring , asthma , medicine , hay fever , odds ratio , demography , pediatrics , confidence interval , grandparent , passive smoking , pregnancy , environmental health , immunology , developmental psychology , psychology , genetics , sociology , biology
Whereas it is generally accepted that maternal environment plays a key role in child health, emerging evidence suggests that paternal environment before conception also impacts child health. We aimed to investigate the association between children's asthma risk and parental smoking and welding exposures prior to conception.

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