Eczema in Early Childhood May Influence Mental Health Later

According to an article in Science Daily yesterday (10 February 2010), eczema in early childhood may influence behaviour and mental health later in life.

This is a key finding of a prospective birth cohort study to which scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München contributed. In cooperation with colleagues of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Technische Universität München (TUM) and Marien-Hospital in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia this study followed 5,991 children who were born between 1995 and 1998.

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