The interaction between early life upper respiratory tract infection and birth during the pollen season on rye-sensitized hay fever and ryegrass sensitization - A birth cohort study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 536-544

  Kemp, Andrew ^a,b   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^c,d   Dwyer, Terry ^c,d   Cochrane, Jennifer ^d   Pezic, Angela ^c   Carmichael, Alan ^e   Carlin, John ^c,f   Jones, Graeme ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergen sensitization; Hygiene hypothesis; Infancy; Ryegrass; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRASS POLLEN; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLLEN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SECALE CEREALE; TASMANIA; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 69249112296     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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