Evidence of link between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and childhood asthma, researchers say

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:20 in Health & Medicine

Evidence suggesting that the risk of childhood asthma associated with prenatal acetaminophen exposure may depend on antioxidant genes in the mother has been found by a team of UK scientists. The results of their study strengthen the argument for a causal link between acetaminophen exposure in early life and later childhood asthma.

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