Eat dirt - The hygiene hypothesis and allergic diseases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 930-931

  Weiss, Scott T ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AGRICULTURE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037136586     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020092     Document Type: Editorial

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