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SUBMITTER: Yang SI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4605930 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Song I SI Kim Byoung Ju BJ Lee So Yeon SY Kim Hyo Bin HB Lee Cheol Min CM Yu Jinho J Kang Mi Jin MJ Yu Ho Sung HS Lee Eun E Jung Young Ho YH Kim Hyung Young HY Seo Ju Hee JH Kwon Ji Won JW Song Dae Jin DJ Jang Gwangcheon G Kim Woo Kyung WK Shim Jung Yeon JY Lee Soo Young SY Yang Hyeon Jong HJ Suh Dong In DI Hong Seo Ah SA Choi Kil Yong KY Shin Youn Ho YH Ahn Kangmo K Kim Kyung Won KW Kim Eun Jin EJ Hong Soo Jong SJ
Allergy, asthma & immunology research 20150625 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>To investigate whether prenatal exposure to indoor fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) affects susceptibility to respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in infancy, to compare their effects between prenatal and postnatal exposure, and to determine whether genetic factors modify these environmental effects.<h4>Methods</h4>The study population consisted of 307 birth cohort infants. A diagnosis of RTIs was based on parental report of a physician's diagn ...[more]