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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Published in BMJ on September 20, 1997

Authors

B K Butland1, D P Strachan, S Lewis, J Bynner, N Butler, J Britton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.

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