Use of antibacterials in infancy: Clinical implications for childhood asthma and allergies

Treatments in Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 291-294

  Celedón, Juan C ^a,b,c   Weiss, Scott T ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11044234342     PISSN: 11763450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00151829-200403050-00003     Document Type: Article

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