Exposure to foodborne and orofecal microbes versus airborne viruses in relation to atopy and allergic asthma: Epidemiological study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7232, 2000, Pages 412-417

  Matricardi, Paolo M ^a   Rosmini, Francesco ^b   Riondino, Silvia ^a   Fortini, Michele ^a   Ferrigno, Luigina ^b   Rapicetta, Maria ^b   Bonini, Sergio ^c  

^a Divisione Aerea Studi Ricerche e Sperimentazioni   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034639769     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.412     Document Type: Article

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