ContextChildhood asthma is strongly associated with allergic sensitization. Studies have
suggested that animal exposure during infancy reduces subsequent allergic sensitization …

Background: The prognosis of atopic dermatitis is usually good, but the risk of developing
asthma and allergic rhinitis is very high. The aim of this study was to follow children with …

The term allergy refers to clinical conditions caused by an inappropriate immune response
to innocuous proteins in genetically predisposed persons. Allergens of animal origin are …

Cats are the pets most commonly implicated in the etiology of asthma and allergic disease.
However, systematic reviews have concluded that there is a lack of evidence to support the …

Background: It is still unclear how early‐life exposure to pets is related to children's risk of
developing atopy‐related diseases. We estimated associations between early‐life exposure …

Objective: To investigate the effects of the home environment on the risk of severe asthma
during adolescence. Design: A questionnaire based case-control study drawn from a cross …

A total of 105 “high‐risk” infants born in 1988 were studied prospectively from birth to 18
months of age. The infants were recommended breastfeeding and/or hypoallergenic formula …

One hundred and ninety three children with asthma and 318 controls aged 1-4 years were
evaluated for atopic heredity and exposure to possible indoor risk factors for asthma-for …

Isocyanates are the most prominent and well‐studied cause of occupational asthma. Over
the decades, airborne isocyanates have been regulated to extremely low levels in the …

The risk of a child developing any form of allergy appears to depend upon many factors
including a child's genetic constitution, early environmental exposure to allergens and to …