Does reduced microbial exposure contribute to increased prevalence of allergy?;Bidrar vår reduserte mikrobielle belastning til økt forekomst av allergi?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 915-919

  Berstad, Audun E ^a   Brandtzæg, Per ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CYTOKINES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0042279727     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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