Associations of dog and cat ownership with wheezing and asthma in children: Pilot study of the Japan Environment and children's study.

OBJECTIVES:No previous study has used repeated measures data to examine the associations of dog/cat ownership with wheezing and asthma prevalence among children. This prospective study used repeated measurers analysis to determine whether dog/cat ownership in childhood is an independent risk factor...

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Main Authors: Yu Taniguchi, Shin Yamazaki, Takehiro Michikawa, Shoji F Nakayama, Makiko Sekiyama, Hiroshi Nitta, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Mayako Saito-Abe, Masako Oda, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Masafumi Sanefuji, Shouichi Ohga, Nathan Mise, Akihiko Ikegami, Masayuki Shimono, Reiko Suga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232604