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Comment
. 2003 Dec 20;327(7429):1473-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1473.

Football position and atopy--both subject to the birth order effect?

Michael R Perkin  1
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Football position and atopy--both subject to the birth order effect?

Michael R Perkin. BMJ. .
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Fig 1
Pele (inside left forward, now called striker) fits the birth order hypothesis (eldest of three children) Credit: EMPICS
Fig 2
Fig 2
David Seaman (goalkeeper) matches the family size observation (one brother) Credit: EMPICS
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