Antibiotic use in the first year of life and asthma in early childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1011-1016

  Celedon J C ^a,b,c,d   Fuhlbrigge, A ^a,b   Rifas Shiman, S ^c   Weiss, S T ^a,c   Finkelstein, J A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Asthma; Early life

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEUKOTRIENE DERIVATIVE; NEDOCROMIL; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 3242802766     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01994.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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