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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 5, 2010
A relationship indicating the cause of cot death and asthma?
Abstract:
Driving tests carried out (1) indicate hormonal changes are taking place in the blood while driving or travelling in a motor vehicle. Figures presented in this paper show that female hormonal changes, of an abnormal nature, taking place in the pregnant female while driving or travelling in a motor vehicle, are having a deleterious effect causing abnormal development of the unborn child, male infants being affected at a much higher rate than female infants.
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