Relation of early antibiotic use to childhood asthma: Confounding by indication?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1222-1229

  Su, Y ^a   Rothers, J ^a,b   Stern, D A ^a   Halonen, M ^a,c   Wright, A L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; asthma; confounding; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OVALBUMIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULBERRY; NURSE; OLIVE TREE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEED;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77954378432     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03539.x     Document Type: Article

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