Farming and protective agents against allergy and asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-411

  Braun Fahrlander C ^a   Lauener, R ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD HEALTH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAY FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIET; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0242584505     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01650.x     Document Type: Editorial

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