99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: Controversial aspects of the 'hygiene hypothesis'

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Matricardi, P M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Autoimmunity; Hygiene hypothesis; Infections

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AIRBORNE VIRUS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPOTHESIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; THEORY; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77949406358     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04130.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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