Early exposure to germs and the Hygiene Hypothesis

Cell Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1210-1211

  Umetsu, Dale T ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKINS; METAGENOME; MICE; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; OXAZOLONE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 84865016000     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.65     Document Type: Article

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