Antibiotic exposure in the first year of life and later treated asthma, a population based birth cohort study of 143,000 children

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-94

  Pitter, Gisella ^a   Ludvigsson, Jonas Filip ^b,c   Romor, Pierantonio ^d   Zanier, Loris ^e   Zanotti, Renzo ^a   Simonato, Lorenzo ^a   Canova, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Health Information System   (Italy)

^e Directorate of Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Asthma; Birth cohort; Childhood asthma; Record linkage study

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RECORD; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958775768     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0038-1     Document Type: Article

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