Prenatal and infant paracetamol exposure and development of asthma: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Maria C. Magnus,
Øystein Karlstad,
Siri E. Håberg,
Per Nafstad,
George Davey Smith,
Wenche Nystad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv366
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , pregnancy , relative risk , confounding , pediatrics , cohort study , cohort , norwegian , prenatal care , obstetrics , confidence interval , population , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , biology
Paracetamol exposure has been positively associated with asthma development. The relative importance of prenatal vs infant exposure and confounding by indication remains elusive. We examined the association of prenatal and infant (first 6 months) paracetamol exposure with asthma development while addressing confounding by indication.
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