Preterm birth and low birth weight continue to increase the risk of asthma from age 7 to 43

Melanie C Matheson; Ana Lopez-Polin D'Olhaberriague; John A Burgess; Graham G Giles; John L Hopper; David P Johns; Michael J Abramson; E Haydn Walters; Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal article

Preterm birth and low birth weight continue to increase the risk of asthma from age 7 to 43

Melanie C Matheson, Ana Lopez-Polin D'Olhaberriague, John A Burgess, Graham G Giles, John L Hopper, David P Johns, Michael J Abramson, E Haydn Walters, Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal of Asthma | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2016.1249284

University of Melbourne Researchers

John Burgess Author Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Melanie Matheson Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Shyamali Dharmage Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, LEW Carty Charitable Fund, Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust of Tasmania, The Asthma Foundation of Victorian, and Asthma Foundation of Tasmanian. JAB, JLH, EHW, SCD and MCM are supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council.