Puzzling associations between childhood infections and the later occurrence of asthma and atopy

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 397-400

  von Hertzen, L C ^a  

^a Finnish Lung Health Association   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MEASLES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033795074     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890008995946     Document Type: Review

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