Pets and childhood asthma--how should the pediatrician respond to new information that pets may prevent asthma?

Pediatrics. 2003 Oct;112(4):974-6. doi: 10.1542/peds.112.4.974.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Allergens / adverse effects
  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic*
  • Asthma / epidemiology
  • Asthma / etiology
  • Asthma / prevention & control*
  • Cats
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Dogs
  • Endotoxins / pharmacology
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate / epidemiology
  • Immune Tolerance*
  • Immunization
  • Pediatrics
  • Prospective Studies

Substances

  • Allergens
  • Endotoxins