Exposure to endotoxin or other bacterial components might protect against the development of atopy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1230-1234

  Von Mutius, ^a,b,c,d   Braun Fahrlander ^a,b,c,d   Schierl, ^a,b,c,d   Riedler, ^a,b,c,d   Ehlermann, ^a,b,c,d   Maisch, ^a,b,c,d   Waser, ^a,b,c,d   Nowak, ^a,b,c,d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atopy; Children; Endotoxin

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SAMPLING; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BEDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0033856713     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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