Season of birth and atopic dermatitis in early infancy: results from the Japan Environment and Children's Study

• Main Authors: Akiko Tsuchida (Author), Toshiko Itazawa (Author), Kenta Matsumura (Author), Hiroshi Yokomichi (Author), Zentaro Yamagata (Author), Yuichi Adachi (Author), Hidekuni Inadera (Author), on behalf of the Japan Environment and Children's Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Atopic dermatitis (AD) is reported to be more prevalent in children who were born in autumn than in spring. Here, we investigated how early the association between season of birth and eczema or AD can be observed in the postnatal period. We also examined whether specific prevalen...