Asthma in early life: Is the hygiene hypothesis correct?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-476

  Weiss, Scott T ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c Bioinformatics Program   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 57349095469     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1857     Document Type: Editorial

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