Do asthma and allergy influence subsequent pet keeping? An analysis of childhood and adulthood

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-698

  Svanes, Cecilie ^a,b   Zock, Jan Paul ^b   Antó, Josep ^b   Dharmage, Shyamali ^c   Norbäck, Dan ^d   Wjst, Matthias ^e   Heinrich, Joachim ^e   Jarvis, Deborah ^f   de Marco, Roberto ^g   Plana, Estel ^b   Raherison, Chantal ^h   Sunyer, Jordi ^b   the Early Life Working Group of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

allergy; asthma; atopy; birds; cats; dogs; ECRHS; pets; Selective avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CAT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; BIRDS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748178311     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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