Why are allergies increasing?

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 701-708

  Ring, Johannes ^a   Krämer, Ursula ^b   Schäfer, Torsten ^a   Behrendt, Heidrun ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Medizinisches Institut fur Umwelthygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CETIRIZINE;

ATOPY; AWARENESS; EXPOSURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIETY;

EID: 0035546144     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(01)00282-5     Document Type: Review

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