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The impact of birth mode of delivery on childhood asthma and allergic diseases–a sibling study

BACKGROUND: Caesarean section (CS) has been reported to increase the risk of asthma in offspring. This may be due to that infants delivered by CS are unexposed to vaginal flora, according to the ‘hygiene hypothesis’. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate if CS increases risk of childhood asthma, and...

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Autores principales: Almqvist, C, Cnattingius, S, Lichtenstein, P, Lundholm, C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22925323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2222.2012.04021.x