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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2011

Importance of allergy in asthma: an epidemiologic perspective.

Jeroen Douwes, Collin Brooks, Christine van Dalen, Neil Pearce

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pet ownership is associated with increased risk of non-atopic asthma and reduced risk of atopy in childhood: findings from a UK birth cohort.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015
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  2. The response of CD27BMC pediatrics · 2024
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  4. Follicular helper T cells mediate IgE antibody response to airborne allergens.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2017
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  8. Lifestyle changes and childhood asthma.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeroen DouwesCentre for Public Health Research, Massey University, P.O. Box 756, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. j.douwes@massey.ac.nz
Collin Brooks
Christine van Dalen
Neil Pearce
Massey University · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been a global epidemic of asthma during the past half-century. More recently, the prevalence has leveled off or declined in many Western countries, whereas the prevalence in less affluent nations is still increasing. The reasons for this and the different geographical patterns of asthma prevalence remain unclear. This paper provides an epidemiologic perspective on whether allergen exposure and allergies can explain these trends. In particular, the paper discusses 1) geographical and temporal trends in asthma and the role of allergens and allergy, 2) the importance of nonallergic mechanisms, 3) nonallergenic exposures that may modify the risk of allergies and asthma, and 4) new and emerging risk and protective factors. Although allergy and asthma are closely related, allergen exposure and allergy alone cannot explain current time trends and geographical patterns of asthma. Population-based studies focusing on recently identified risk and protective factors may provide further insight.

Indexed as

AsthmaHypersensitivityAllergensEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsAllergens

Identifiers

PMID21792637
OpenAlexW1992973983

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