Antibiotic use in the first year of life and risk of atopic disease in early childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1921-1928

  Kusel, M M H ^a   De Klerk, N ^a   Holt, P G ^a   Sly, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Asthma; Atopy; Early childhood; Eczema

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 56549115681     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03138.x     Document Type: Article

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