Multiple microbial exposures in the home may protect against asthma or allergy in childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 902-910

  Sordillo, J E ^a,b   Hoffman, E B ^c   Celedon J C ^a,b,d   Litonjua, A A ^a,b,d   Milton, D K ^e   Gold, D R ^a,b  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Childhood asthma; Endotoxin; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ALLERGEN; DUST; MURAMIC ACID;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; DUST; HOUSING; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MURAMIC ACIDS;

EID: 77952029608     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03509.x     Document Type: Article

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