Antibiotic use in children is associated with increased risk of asthma

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1003-1010

  Marra, Fawziah ^a,b   Marra, Carlo A ^a   Richardson, Kathryn ^a,c   Lynd, Larry D ^a,c   Kozyrskyj, Anita ^d   Patrick, David M ^a,b   Bowie, William R ^a   Fitzgerald, J Mark ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63149098836     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1146     Document Type: Article

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