Autumn Births Linked To More Childhood Asthma
Friday, November 21, 2008 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
It is said that timing is everything, and that certainly appears to be true for autumn infants. Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma than children born at any other time of year, according to new research. Advertisement: read more
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