Asthma and swimming pools: statistical issues
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Infant Swimming in Chlorinated Pools and the Risks of Bronchiolitis, Asthma and Allergy
RESULTS. Attendance at indoor or outdoor chlorinated pools ever before the age of 2 years was associated with an increase risk of bronchiolitis (odds ratio: 1.68 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08–2.68]; P .03). Associations persisted, and were even strengthened, by the exclusion of other risk factors. Among children with no parental antecedents of atopic diseases or no day-care attendance, od...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011205