Association between maternal ritodrine hydrochloride
administration during pregnancy and childhood wheezing up to three years
of age: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Tsuyoshi Murata1,2, Hyo Kyozuka1,2,
Shun Yasuda1,2, Toma Fukuda1,2,
Akiko Yamaguchi1,2, Hajime Maeda1,3,
Akiko Sato1, Yuka Ogata1, Kosei
Shinoki1, Mitsuaki Hosoya1,3, Seiji
Yasumura1,4, Koichi Hashimoto1,3,
Hidekazu Nishigori1,5, Keiya
Fujimori1,2, and The Japan Environment and Children’s
Study (JECS) Group
1Fukushima Regional Center for the Japan Environment
and Children’s Study, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukushima
Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima
960-1295, Japan
3Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical
University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
4Department of Public Health, Fukushima Medical
University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
5Fukushima Medical Center for Children and Women,
Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
Running title: Ritodrine and childhood wheezing