Vaccinations, infections and antibacterials in the first grass pollen season of life and risk of later hayfever

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 512-517

  Bremner, S A ^a   Carey, I M ^a   DeWilde, S ^a   Richards, N ^b   Maier, W C ^c   Hilton, S R ^a   Strachan, D P ^a   Cook, D G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cegedim Strategic Data ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Elan Pharma Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Grass pollen allergy; Infection; Primary care databases; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GRASS POLLEN; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; POACEAE; POLLEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 34047230984     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02697.x     Document Type: Article

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