Early respiratory infections and the development of asthma in the first 27 years of life

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 615-623

  Rantala, Aino K ^a   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^a   Mäkikyrö, Elina M S ^a   Hugg, Timo T ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

asthma; cohort studies; early childhood respiratory infections; hygiene hypothesis; proportional hazards model; respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYGIENE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; COMPLICATION; FINLAND; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EUROPE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84943533982     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv093     Document Type: Article

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