Early origins of inflammation: Microbial exposures in infancy predict lower levels of C-reactive protein in adulthood

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 1129-1137

  McDade, Thomas W ^a   Rutherford, Julienne ^b   Adair, Linda ^c   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Developmental origins of adult disease; Ecological immunology; Infectious disease; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INNATE BEHAVIOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 77950854092     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1795     Document Type: Article

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