Psychological stress and hospitalization for childhood asthma-a nationwide cohort study in two Nordic countries.

OBJECTIVE:Exposures to psychological stress in early life may contribute to the development or exacerbation of asthma. We undertook a cohort study based on data from several population-based registers in Denmark and Sweden to examine whether bereavement in childhood led to increased asthma hospitali...

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Main Authors: Xiaoqin Liu, Jørn Olsen, Esben Agerbo, Wei Yuan, Sven Cnattingius, Mika Gissler, Jiong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3808299?pdf=render