The hygiene hypothesis and the evolutionary perspective of health

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-418

  Maziak, Wasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FAMILY SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MOTHER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NAUSEA; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SANITATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0036438910     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1092     Document Type: Editorial

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