Exposure to endotoxin decreases the risk of atopic eczema in infancy: A cohort study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 847-854

  Gehring, Ulrike ^a,b,c,d   Bolte, Gabriele ^a   Borte, Michael ^a   Bischof, Wolfgang ^a   Fahlbusch, Bärbel ^a   Wichmann, Erich ^a   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Medical Data Management   (Germany)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Germany)

^d Institute of Environmental Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Endotoxin; House dust; Infancy; Infections; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0035179399     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.119026     Document Type: Article

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