Reverse causation and confounding-by-indication: Do they or do they not explain the association between childhood antibiotic treatment and subsequent development of respiratory illness?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1249-1251

  Kummeling, I ^a   Thijs, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; DRUG EXPOSURE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL BIAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WHEEZING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 47649091686     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03047.x     Document Type: Editorial

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