Prenatal Paracetamol Exposure and Wheezing in Childhood: Causation or Confounding?

Several studies have reported an increased risk of wheezing in the children of mothers who used paracetamol during pregnancy. We evaluated to what extent this association is explained by confounding.We investigated the association between maternal paracetamol use in the first and third trimester of...

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Main Authors: Enrica Migliore, Daniela Zugna, Claudia Galassi, Franco Merletti, Luigi Gagliardi, Laura Rasero, Morena Trevisan, Franca Rusconi, Lorenzo Richiardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4549146?pdf=render