The hygiene hypothesis revisited

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-262

  Bufford, Jeremy D ^a   Gern, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; VACCINE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY SIZE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 18844426042     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2005.03.005     Document Type: Review

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