Asthma as an outcome: Exploring multiple definitions of asthma across birth cohorts in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Children's Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup

Authors

Cynthia M. Visness
Tebeb Gebretsadik
Daniel J. Jackson
Jocelyn Biagini Myers
Suzanne Havstad, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Robert F. Lemanske
Tina V. Hartert
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
Edward M. Zoratti, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Lisa J. Martin
Rachel Miller
Diane R. Gold
Anne Wright
Debra A. Stern
James Gern
Christine C. Johnson, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Visness CM, Gebretsadik T, Jackson DJ, Myers JB, Havstad S, Lemanske RF, Jr., Hartert TV, Khurana Hershey GK, Zoratti EM, Martin LJ, Miller R, Gold DR, Wright A, Stern DA, Gern JE, and Johnson CC. Asthma as an Outcome: Exploring Multiple Definitions of Asthma across Birth Cohorts in the ECHO Children's Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup (CREW). J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019; Epub ahead of print.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2019

Publication Title

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

Abstract

Asthma definitions vary widely across research studies and feature a trade-off between inclusivity and precision. Harmonizing definitions across multiple asthma birth cohort studies highlights these challenges.

PubMed ID

31163174

ePublication

ePub ahead of print