Prenatal pet keeping and caregiver-reported attention deficit hyperactivity disorder through preadolescence in a United States birth cohort

• Main Authors: Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow (Author), Alexandra R. Sitarik (Author), Tisa M. Johnson-Hooper (Author), Jannel M. Phillips (Author), Kyra Jones (Author), Christine Cole Johnson (Author), Jennifer K. Straughen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background While the keeping of pets has been shown to protect against childhood allergic disease and obesity, less is known regarding potential associations of prenatal pet keeping and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We sought to examine the associations between prenatal d...