Environmental exposures, genetic predisposition and allergic diseases: One size never fits all

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-

  Semic Jusufagic, A ^a   Simpson, A ^a   Custovic, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY SIZE; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 33644760202     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01104.x     Document Type: Editorial

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