Antibiotic use during pregnancy and asthma in preschool children: the influence of confounding

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1214-1226

  Mulder, B ^a   Pouwels, K B ^a   Schuiling Veninga, C C M ^a   Bos, H J ^a   de Vries, T W ^b   Jick, S S ^c,d   Hak, E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antibiotics; asthma; case sibling study; childhood; maternal paternal comparison; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84984637815     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12756     Document Type: Article

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