The relationship of early-life antibiotic use with asthma in at-risk children.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.05.006 and PMC identifier 4224143.
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Abstract
Asthma prevalence has increased with the reason remaining unknown. Antibiotics early in life have been hypothesized as playing a role in the development of asthma; however, we have found the relationship may be due to confounding by respiratory infections and may not be causally related.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Asthma
- Hygiene Hypothesis
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Urban Population