Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 701-709

  Ege, Markus J ^a   Mayer, Melanie ^b   Normand, Anne Cécile ^d   Genuneit, Jon ^c   Cookson, William O C M ^f   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^g   Heederik, Dick ^h   Piarroux, Renaud ^e   Von Mutius, Erika ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^f NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 79951972586     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1007302     Document Type: Article

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