Effects of early life paracetamol use on the incidence of allergic disease and sensitization: 5 year follow-up of an Ethiopian birth cohort.

The hypothesis that paracetamol, one of the most widely used medicines, may increase the risk of asthma and allergic disease is of obvious importance but prospective cohort data looking at dose and timing of exposure are lacking.The aim of the study is to investigate the role of paracetamol use in e...

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Main Authors: Alemayehu Amberbir, Girmay Medhin, Charlotte Hanlon, John Britton, Gail Davey, Andrea Venn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981735?pdf=render