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Pets, parental atopy, and asthma in adults.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 May 2002
Jaakkola Jouni J K, Jaakkola Niina, Piipari Ritva, Jaakkola Maritta S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies of exposure to pets and the risk of asthma have provided conflicting results. OBJECTIVE: We conducted a population-based incident case-control study to assess the relationship of current and previous pet keeping with the risk of adult-onset asthma. We also investigated whether genetic propensity as a result of parental atopy modifies these relations. METHODS: From the source population of...
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