Evolutionary adaptation of inflammatory immune responses in human beings

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9225, 2000, Pages 242-244

  Le Souëf, Peter N ^a   Goldblatt, Jack ^a   Lynch, Neil R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CLIMATE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0034661806     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02491-0     Document Type: Review

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