NHS Choices: Paracetamol asthma link 'uncertain'

External Link: NHS Choices: Paracetamol asthma link 'uncertain'

URL : http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/11November/Pages/paracetamol-use-asthma- risk-children.aspx

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Resource Information

  • Description: This "behind the headlines" report looks at the evidence behind recent press articles which asserted that children given paracetamol before the age of 15 months were more likely to suffer from allergies by the age of six.
  • Type: Report

    • Relationships

  • Relates To:
  • Report : Paracetamol use and the risk of asthma in children and adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Report : Studies suggest possible link between paracetamol and childhood wheezing and allergies
  • Report : Paracetamol use in early life and asthma: prospective birth cohort study
  • Report : The effects of early and late paracetamol exposure on asthma and atopy: a birth cohort
  • Member of:
  • Collection : News Resources
  • Collection : ChiMat Reports
  • Collection : Maternity: Reports
  • Collection : Maternity: Information for women
  • Collection : MSLC: Information for women, parents and families
  • Collection : MSLC: Reports

  • Publishing

  • Published by: NHS Choices
  • Published date: Tuesday, 30th November 2010 00:00:00

    • Subject

  • Keywords (National Public Health Language):
  • ALLERGIES
  • ASTHMA
  • BABIES
  • CHILD
  • CHILDREN
  • GROUPS
  • IMMUNE DISORDERS
  • INFANTS
  • MEDICINE
  • MEDICINES
  • PRESS
  • RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
  • Category (Government Category List):
  • MEDICINES
  • NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
  • YOUNG PEOPLE

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    • URL : http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/11November/Pages/paracetamol-use-asthma- risk-children.aspx

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