title: Thumb-sucking or nail-biting in childhood led to a reduction in atopic sensitisation but not asthma or hay fever.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Fozia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roked
authors.affiliation: City Hospital, SWBH NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: North
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate; D009262:Nails; D015995:Prevalence; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal; D013933:Thumb
keywords: Allergy; Evidence Based Medicine; General Paediatrics; Respiratory