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Paracetamol linked to asthma in babies

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Researchers at Bristol University found a link between child asthma at age three and exposure to paracetamol in pregnancy

Using comparisons of associations between several conditions during pregnancy - with and without the use of paracetamol - and asthma developing in the 114,500 children in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.

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