Title |
Does Pet Ownership in Infancy Lead to Asthma or Allergy at School Age? Pooled Analysis of Individual Participant Data from 11 European Birth Cohorts
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0043214 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Stephanie Roll, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Petter Mowinckel, Alet H. Wijga, Bert Brunekreef, Maties Torrent, Graham Roberts, S. Hasan Arshad, Inger Kull, Ursula Krämer, Andrea von Berg, Esben Eller, Arne Høst, Claudia Kuehni, Ben Spycher, Jordi Sunyer, Chih-Mei Chen, Andreas Reich, Anna Asarnoj, Carmen Puig, Olf Herbarth, Jestinah M. Mahachie John, Kristel Van Steen, Stefan N. Willich, Ulrich Wahn, Susanne Lau, Thomas Keil, Magnus Wickman, Eva Hallner, Johan Alm, Catarina Almqvist, Göran Wennergren, Bernt Alm, Joachim Heinrich, Henriette A. Smit, Carel Thijs, Monique Mommers, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Susanne Halken, Maria Pia Fantini, Francesca Bravi, Daniela Porta, Francesco Forastiere, Adnan Custovic, Ruta Dubakiene, Jestinah Mahachie |
Abstract |
To examine the associations between pet keeping in early childhood and asthma and allergies in children aged 6-10 years. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 4 | 14% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
Ecuador | 2 | 7% |
Sweden | 1 | 3% |
Hungary | 1 | 3% |
Australia | 1 | 3% |
Spain | 1 | 3% |
Canada | 1 | 3% |
Argentina | 1 | 3% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 15 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 25 | 86% |
Scientists | 4 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 176 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 30 | 17% |
Other | 23 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 9% |
Student > Master | 14 | 8% |
Other | 36 | 20% |
Unknown | 38 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 62 | 34% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 8% |
Psychology | 9 | 5% |
Environmental Science | 9 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 4% |
Other | 30 | 17% |
Unknown | 49 | 27% |