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23.04.2016 | Correspondence
In Italy anti-asthmatic drug prescription is not always a reliable proxy of asthma
verfasst von:
Marina Bianchi, Antonio Clavenna, Daniele Piovani, Maurizio Bonati
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Epidemiology
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Ausgabe 5/2016
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article by Pitter et al. [
1], in which an association was found between antibiotics therapy during the first year of life and an increased risk of subsequent treatment-required asthma. The association between early exposure to antibiotics and asthma is still debated, however, in our opinion the study by Pitter et al. has a relevant limitation. Healthcare databases can be a valuable tool for monitoring diseases, and in this regard strategies for estimating asthma prevalence have been developed, also in Italian context [
2]. …