Antibiotics in fetal and early life and subsequent childhood asthma: nationwide population based study with sibling analysis.

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Published in BMJ on November 28, 2014

Authors

Anne K Örtqvist1, Cecilia Lundholm2, Helle Kieler3, Jonas F Ludvigsson4, Tove Fall5, Weimin Ye2, Catarina Almqvist6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden Anne.ortqvist@ki.se.
2: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
3: Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology T2, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
4: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden Department of Paediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, 70185 Örebro, Sweden.
5: Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 14B, Uppsala Science Park, Uppsala, Sweden.
6: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Lung and Allergy Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.

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