Can the 'hygiene hypothesis' be explained by confounding by behavior?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-437

  Van Schayck, C P ^a   Knottnerus, J A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS;

EID: 2942618714     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.12.011     Document Type: Editorial

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