Allergy: The price paid for longevity and social wealth?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-150

  Gold, Diane R ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Childhood infection; Children; Finland; Hygiene hypothesis; Russia

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; FINLAND; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING;

CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA;

EID: 29544450643     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.021     Document Type: Editorial

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