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Comment
. 2022 Nov 10;60(5):2201141.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01141-2022. Print 2022 Nov.

Early-life respiratory infections and pre-adult asthma: could there be an interaction and differential misclassification?

Jennifer L Perret  1 , Shyamali C Dharmage  2 , Dinh S Bui  2
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Comment

Early-life respiratory infections and pre-adult asthma: could there be an interaction and differential misclassification?

Jennifer L Perret et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Further analyses to clarify the clinical and public health messages for early-life upper respiratory tract infections are suggested to better inform parents and the healthcare professionals who look after these children in the general community https://bit.ly/3xAWxz0

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: J.L. Perret, D.S. Bui and S.C. Dharmage have received an investigator-initiated grant from GlaxoSmithKline for unrelated research, and S.C. Dharmage holds an investigator-initiated grant for unrelated research from AstraZeneca.

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  • Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 150 000 European children.
    van Meel ER, Mensink-Bout SM, den Dekker HT, Ahluwalia TS, Annesi-Maesano I, Arshad SH, Baïz N, Barros H, von Berg A, Bisgaard H, Bønnelykke K, Carlsson CJ, Casas M, Chatzi L, Chevrier C, Dalmeijer G, Dezateux C, Duchen K, Eggesbø M, van der Ent C, Fantini M, Flexeder C, Frey U, Forastiere F, Gehring U, Gori D, Granell R, Griffiths LJ, Inskip H, Jerzynska J, Karvonen AM, Keil T, Kelleher C, Kogevinas M, Koppen G, Kuehni CE, Lambrechts N, Lau S, Lehmann I, Ludvigsson J, Magnus MC, Mélen E, Mehegan J, Mommers M, Nybo Andersen AM, Nystad W, Pedersen ESL, Pekkanen J, Peltola V, Pike KC, Pinot de Moira A, Pizzi C, Polanska K, Popovic M, Porta D, Roberts G, Santos AC, Schultz ES, Standl M, Sunyer J, Thijs C, Toivonen L, Uphoff E, Usemann J, Vafeidi M, Wright J, de Jongste JC, Jaddoe VWV, Duijts L. van Meel ER, et al. Eur Respir J. 2022 Oct 6;60(4):2102395. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02395-2021. Print 2022 Oct. Eur Respir J. 2022. PMID: 35487537 Free PMC article.

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