Does pet ownership in infancy lead to asthma or allergy at school age? Pooled analysis of individual participant data from 11 European birth cohorts

Objective To examine the associations between pet keeping in early childhood and asthma and allergies in children aged 6-10 years. Design Pooled analysis of individual participant data of 11 prospective European birth cohorts that recruited a total of over 22,000 children in the 1990s. Exposure de...

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Main Authors: Lødrup Carlsen, Karin C. (Author), Roll, Stephanie (Author), Carlsen, Kai-Håkon (Author), Mowinckel, Petter (Author), Wijga, Alet H. (Author), Brunekreef, Bert (Author), Torrent, Maties (Author), Roberts, Graham (Author), Arshad, S. Hasan (Author), Kull, Inger (Author), Krämer, Ursula (Author), von Berg, Andrea (Author), Eller, Esben (Author), Høst, Arne (Author), Kuehni, Claudia (Author), Spycher, Ben (Author), Sunyer, Jordi (Author), Chen, Chih-Mei (Author), Reich, Andreas (Author), Asarnoj, Anna (Author), Puig, Carmen (Author), Herbarth, Olf (Author), Mahachie John, Jestinah M. (Author), Van Steen, Kristel (Author), Willich, Stefan N. (Author), Wahn, Ulrich (Author), Lau, Susanne (Author), Keil, Thomas (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2012-08-29.
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