Why is the prevalence of allergy and autoimmunity increasing? [1]

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 354-355

  Black, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIET; ECZEMA; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0034925157     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4906(01)01940-8     Document Type: Letter

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