Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on July 01, 1999
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How exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, outdoor air pollutants, and increased pollen burdens influences the incidence of asthma. Environ Health Perspect (2006) 1.92
Maternal smoking in pregnancy, fetal development, and childhood asthma. Am J Public Health (2004) 1.88
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Disrupted prenatal maternal cortisol, maternal obesity, and childhood wheeze. Insights into prenatal programming. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.71
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Mouse exposure and wheeze in the first year of life. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2005) 1.18
Higher adiposity in infancy associated with recurrent wheeze in a prospective cohort of children. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2008) 1.18
Fungal levels in the home and allergic rhinitis by 5 years of age. Environ Health Perspect (2005) 1.16
Predictors of indoor exposure to mouse allergen in urban and suburban homes in Boston. Allergy (2005) 1.15
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Endotoxin exposure and eczema in the first year of life. Pediatrics (2004) 1.13
Low birthweight and asthma among young urban children. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.13
Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A and child wheeze from birth to 3 years of age. Environ Health Perspect (2012) 1.12
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Multiple microbial exposures in the home may protect against asthma or allergy in childhood. Clin Exp Allergy (2010) 1.11
TLR2-mediated activation of neutrophils in response to German cockroach frass. J Immunol (2008) 1.08
How exposures to biologics influence the induction and incidence of asthma. Environ Health Perspect (2006) 1.05
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The Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART): rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy for the primary prevention of asthma and allergies in children. Contemp Clin Trials (2014) 1.02
Association of birth weight with asthma-related outcomes at age 2 years. Pediatr Pulmonol (2006) 1.02
Mouse allergen exposure, wheeze and atopy in the first seven years of life. Allergy (2008) 0.99
Asthma is associated with preterm birth but not with small for gestational age status among a population-based cohort of Medicaid-enrolled children <10 years of age. Thorax (2006) 0.96
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Comparison of biomarkers and parent report of tobacco exposure to predict wheeze. J Pediatr (2011) 0.95
Air pollution attributable postneonatal infant mortality in U.S. metropolitan areas: a risk assessment study. Environ Health (2004) 0.95
Unraveling the ecology of risks for early childhood asthma among ethnically diverse families in the southwest. Am J Public Health (2002) 0.94
Climatic factors and lower respiratory tract infection due to respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalised infants in northern Spain. Eur J Epidemiol (2005) 0.94
Diagnostic accuracy of the bronchodilator response in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2013) 0.93
Association of variants in innate immune genes with asthma and eczema. Pediatr Allergy Immunol (2011) 0.93
Childhood infections and asthma: at the crossroads of the hygiene and Barker hypotheses. Respir Res (2001) 0.92
The Paris prospective birth cohort study: which design and who participates? Eur J Epidemiol (2007) 0.92
Exposure assessment in cohort studies of childhood asthma. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 0.92
Environmental exposures and respiratory morbidity among very low birth weight infants at 1 year of life. Arch Dis Child (2008) 0.92
Effects of prenatal community violence and ambient air pollution on childhood wheeze in an urban population. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2013) 0.91
Prediction of residential pet and cockroach allergen levels using questionnaire information. Environ Health Perspect (2004) 0.90
Paternal history of asthma and airway responsiveness in children with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2005) 0.89
Pediatric origins of adult lung diseases. 4. Tobacco related lung diseases begin in childhood. Thorax (2000) 0.89
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Relationship between infant weight gain and later asthma. Pediatr Allergy Immunol (2009) 0.87
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Dietary factors and the development of asthma. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am (2008) 0.86
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Influence of smoking on asthmatic symptoms and allergen sensitisation in early childhood. Postgrad Med J (2000) 0.83
Bisphenol a exposure and the development of wheeze and lung function in children through age 5 years. JAMA Pediatr (2014) 0.83
Genome-wide expression profiles identify potential targets for gene-environment interactions in asthma severity. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2015) 0.83
Quantitative measurement of airborne cockroach allergen in New York City apartments. Indoor Air (2011) 0.82
Population-based study on association between birth weight and risk of asthma: a propensity score approach. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2012) 0.82
Early childhood wheezers: identifying asthma in later life. J Asthma Allergy (2015) 0.82
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Effects of endotoxin exposure on childhood asthma risk are modified by a genetic polymorphism in ACAA1. BMC Med Genet (2011) 0.81
Asthma and allergy development: contrasting influences of yeasts and other fungal exposures. Clin Exp Allergy (2015) 0.81
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Issues in design and implementation in an urban birth cohort study: the Syracuse AUDIT project. J Urban Health (2006) 0.79
Gender- and age-specific risk factors for wheeze from birth through adolescence. Pediatr Pulmonol (2014) 0.78
The effect of low-cost modification of the home environment on the development of respiratory symptoms in the first year of life. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2009) 0.78
Elevated allergen-induced IL-13 secretion predicts IgE elevation in children ages 2-5 years. J Clin Immunol (2005) 0.78
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Occupational health risks due to shipboard cockroaches. Int Arch Occup Environ Health (2007) 0.76
Spatial clusters of child lower respiratory illnesses associated with community-level risk factors. Pediatr Pulmonol (2015) 0.75
Poor housing conditions in association with child health in a disadvantaged immigrant population: a cross-sectional study in Rosengård, Malmö, Sweden. BMJ Open (2016) 0.75
Prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of adult-onset asthma in women. Arch Intern Med (1999) 6.21
Estimation and tests of haplotype-environment interaction when linkage phase is ambiguous. Hum Hered (2003) 5.06
House dust endotoxin and wheeze in the first year of life. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2001) 3.88
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The effect of polymorphisms of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor on the response to regular use of albuterol in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2000) 3.08
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Dietary antioxidant vitamin intake and lung function in the general population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1995) 2.25
The influence of age, diagnosis, and gender on proper use of metered-dose inhalers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1994) 2.23
Gender-related differences in severe, early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2000) 2.20
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