Age of entry to day nursery and allergy in later childhood

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9151, 1999, Pages 450-454

  Kramer U ^a   Heinrich, J ^b   Wjst, M ^b   Wichmann, H E ^b,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DAY CARE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSERY SCHOOL; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0033528267     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06329-6     Document Type: Article

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