Commentary: Use of antibiotics and risk of asthma
Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 564 - 565
Published: May 27, 2004
Abstract
According to the hygiene hypothesis, infections in early life protect from atopy and asthma.1 Therefore, antibiotics have been hypothesized to cause increased risk of asthma by reducing the protective effect of infections or by interfering with normal gut flora.2 There are, however, several caveats in studying the association between antibiotic use and risk of asthma at the individual level, so the ecological study by Foliaki et al.3 is a...
Paper Details
Title
Commentary: Use of antibiotics and risk of asthma
Published Date
May 27, 2004
Volume
33
Issue
3
Pages
564 - 565
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