Antibiotic exposure in early infancy and risk for childhood atopy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1218-1224

  Johnson, Christine Cole ^a,b,c,d   Ownby, Dennis R ^d   Alford, Sharon Hensley ^a   Havstad, Suzanne L ^a   Williams, L Keoki ^c,e   Zoratti, Edward M ^b,f   Peterson, Edward L ^a,b   Joseph, Christine L M ^a,b  

^a Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Health Services Research   (United States)

^c Division of General Surgery   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antibiotics; Atopy; Children; IgE; Skin testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CALCULATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20444441026     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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