Early events in atopy

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 542-546

  Bever, Hugo P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atopy; Newborn; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KETOTIFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FAMILY SIZE; FOOD; HELPER CELL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036390055     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1028-3     Document Type: Article

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