Risk factors for asthma at 3.5 and 7 years of age

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1747-1755

  Mitchell, E A ^a   Robinson, E ^a   Black, P N ^a   Becroft, D M O ^a   Clark, P M ^a   Pryor, J E ^a,b   Thompson, J M D ^a   Waldie, K E ^a   Wild, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Asthma; Cot mattress; Hygiene hypothesis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WHEEZING;

AGING; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36348991388     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02847.x     Document Type: Article

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