Pertussis vaccination in infancy and asthma or allergy in later childhood: Birth cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7445, 2004, Pages 925-926

  Maitra, Anirban ^a   Sherriff, Andrea ^b   Griffiths, Mansel ^c   Henderson, John ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 1942510617     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38045.858889.eb     Document Type: Article

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