Lower respiratory infections in early life are linked to later asthma

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Editorial

Theo J Moraes et al. Thorax. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;73(2):105-106.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211104. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

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Keywords: asthma; asthma epidemiology; viral infection.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

A population-based prospective cohort study examining the influence of early-life respiratory tract infections on school-age lung function and asthma.
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