Antibiotic use in early life and development of allergic diseases: Respiratory infection as the explanation

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1230-1237

  Mai, X M ^a,b   Kull, I ^c   Wickman, M ^c,d   Bergstrom A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allergy; antibiotics; birth cohort study; confounding factors and respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954354058     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03532.x     Document Type: Article

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