Indoor mould exposure reduces Th1 reactivity in early childhood

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-233

  Lehmann, Irina ^a   Müller, Andrea ^a   Diez, Ulrike ^a   Richter, Matthias ^a   Wallach, Swantje ^b   Sierig, Gabriele ^b   Seiffart, Annett ^b   Wetzig, Heide ^b   Borte, Michael ^b   Herbarth, Olf ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UFZ Ctr Environ Res L H Ltd ^*

Author keywords

Allergy; Children; IFN ; IL 4; Indoor mould; T cells; Th1 cells; Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOULD; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TH1 CELL;

FUNGI;

EID: 0041967378     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/142032603035167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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