The Allergic March: Can We Prevent Allergies and Asthma?

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 765-777

  Gordon, Bruce R ^a,b,c  

^a CAPE COD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic march; Asthma; Atopic march; Chemical pollution; Eczema; Hygiene hypothesis; Inhalant allergen immunotherapy; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CETIRIZINE; PIMECROLIMUS; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ALLERGY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957508645     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.03.006     Document Type: Review

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