Associations of pet ownership with wheezing and lung function in childhood: Findings from a UK birth cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Collin, Simon M ^a   Granell, Raquel ^a   Westgarth, Carri ^b   Murray, Jane ^a   Paul, Elizabeth S ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Henderson, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANIMAL; BIRD; CAT; DOG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; OWNERSHIP; PETS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84936806631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127756     Document Type: Article

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