Frequent use of paracetamol and risk of allergic disease among women in an ethiopian population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Amberbir, Alemayehu ^a,b   Medhin, Girmay ^a   Hanlon, Charlotte ^a   Britton, John ^b   Venn, Andrea ^b   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLERGEN; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COCKROACH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

BLATTARIA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE STYLE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960676594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022551     Document Type: Article

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