Early exposure to infections and antibiotics and the incidence of allergic disease: A birth cohort study with the West Midlands General Practice Research Database

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-50

  McKeever, Tricia M ^a   Lewis, Sarah A ^a   Smith, Chris ^b   Collins, Juliet ^b   Heatlie, Heath ^b   Frischer, Martin ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Asthma; Cohort; Eczema; Hay fever; Infections; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

EID: 0036157879     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.121016     Document Type: Article

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