Atopic dermatitis, extrinsic atopic dermatitis and the hygiene hypothesis: Results from a cross-sectional study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1301-1308

  Zutavern, A ^a,b   Hirsch, T ^c   Leupold, W ^d   Weiland, S ^e,f   Keil, U ^f   Von Mutius, E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Extrinsic; Hygiene hypothesis; Intrinsic; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRINSIC ATOPIC DERMATITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33644836000     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02350.x     Document Type: Article

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