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ReviewImmunology and allergy clinics of North America2008

Dietary factors and the development of asthma.

Augusto A Litonjua

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Review in Immunology and allergy clinics of North America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Role of Vitamins in the Pathogenesis of Asthma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  7. Household food insecurity is associated with asthma control in Peruvian children living in a resource-poor setting.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2020
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  11. Magnesium: The Forgotten Electrolyte-A Review on Hypomagnesemia.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
    Review
  12. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA IN BRAZILIAN ADOLESCENTS: NATIONAL ADOLESCENT SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SURVEY (PENSE-2012).Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2019
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  15. Asthma, allergy, and responses to methyl donor supplements and nutrients.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2014
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  18. Influence of poverty and infection on asthma in Latin America.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2012
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  19. Vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for childhood allergic disease and asthma.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2012
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  20. Fat-soluble vitamins and atopic disease: what is the evidence?The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Augusto A LitonjuaDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. augusto.litonjua@channing.harvard.edu
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Gene by Environment Interactions in Asthma and AllergyR01AI056230 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LITONJUA, AUGUSTO A · 2005 to 2009
$2.8M
Longitudinal Lung Function Changes--Aging/Genetics/RiskR01AG027014 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LITONJUA, AUGUSTO A · 2005 to 2008
$1.5M
Vitamin D in Obstructive Lung DiseasesR21HL089842 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LITONJUA, AUGUSTO A · 2007 to 2008
$481k
NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL089842NHLBI NIH HHS R21HL089842NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056230NIAID NIH HHS R01AI056230NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027014NIA NIH HHS R01AG027014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma and allergies continue to be major public health problems in affluent westernized countries. Changes in dietary habits dating from before the increase in asthma prevalence may have a role in the development of asthma and allergies. Many studies have investigated the role of specific nutrients in asthma and allergies, and intervention studies with supplementation of particular nutrients have been conducted, but results have been mixed. It is likely that nutrients may exert their strongest effect early in life, when both the immune system and the lungs are not yet fully developed.

Indexed as

AsthmaDietFemaleHumansHypersensitivityLongitudinal StudiesPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed Effects

Identifiers

PMID18572110
PMCPMC2536613
OpenAlexW2043851514

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