Risk of Atopy and Exposure to Cats and Dogs

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Research Article| March 01 2010 Risk of Atopy and Exposure to Cats and Dogs AAP Grand Rounds (2010) 23 (3): 30. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.23-3-30 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Risk of Atopy and Exposure to Cats and Dogs. AAP Grand Rounds March 2010; 23 (3): 30. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.23-3-30 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: atopy, cats, dog, domestic Source: Mandhane PJ, Sears MR, Poulton R, et al. Cats and dogs and the risk of atopy in childhood and adulthood. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009; 24(4): 745– 750; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2009.06.038Google Scholar Investigators from Canada and New Zealand assessed the association between cat and dog ownership during childhood and adulthood and the development of atopy. The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study included a birth cohort of 1,037 subjects born between April 1972 and March 1973. Initially 91% of the eligible children participated in the first follow-up at age 3 years (1,037 subjects). Subsequent follow-ups were at ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 21, 26, and 32 years. Pet ownership at ages 3, 5, 7, and 9 years was recorded retrospectively based upon parental report at the 9-year follow-up. At ages 18, 21, 26, and 32... You do not currently have access to this content.