Effects of early cat or dog ownership on sensitisation and asthma in a high-risk cohort without disease-related modification of exposure

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Almqvist, Catarina ^a,b   Garden, Frances ^b,c   Kemp, Andrew S ^d   Li, Qiang ^b   Crisafulli, Daniel ^b,e   Tovey, Euan R ^b,e   Xuan, Wei ^b   Marks, Guy B ^b,e,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Department of Health   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Cat; Dog; Eczema; Hay fever; Pets; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAY FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77649228438     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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