Investigation into the increase in hay fever and eczema at age 16 observed between the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts

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Summary

Changes between cohorts in sex, birth weight, birth order, maternal age, breast feeding, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and father's social class at birth did not seem to explain any of the observed rise in the prevalence of hay fever and eczema among British 16 year olds.

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Published
1997-09-20
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Keywords

Hay fever, Medicine, Odds ratio, Pregnancy, Confidence interval

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