Is childhood vaccination associated with asthma? A meta-analysis of observational studies

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Balicer, Ran D ^a,e   Grotto, Itamar ^a   Mimouni, Marc ^b,c   Mimouni, Daniel ^c,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Meta analysis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIXED EFFECT MODEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RANDOM EFFECT MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASTHMA; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VACCINATION;

EID: 36049048227     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3569     Document Type: Article

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