Atopy in children of families with an anthroposophic lifestyle

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9163, 1999, Pages 1485-1488

  Alm, Johan S ^a,c   Swartz, Jackie ^b   Lilja, Gunnar ^c   Scheynius, Annika ^a   Pershagen, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Vidar Clinic   (Sweden)

^c SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DIET; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASLES; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; VACCINATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0033135612     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)09344-1     Document Type: Article

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