Abstract:Acetaminophen is a common symptomatic treatment for respiratory viral infections with fever. Early-life respiratory viral infections are associated with (not currently proven to cause) asthma development later in life. Concluding that early-life acetaminophen use causes later-life asthma exemplifies potential CBI. Acetaminophen may be indicated to treat fever, but it cannot, therefore, be concluded that it causes later-life asthma. CBI occurs when an exposure (acetaminophen) appears to be associated with an ou… Show more
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