The biodiversity hypothesis and allergic disease: World allergy organization position statement

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Haahtela, Tari ^a   Holgate, Stephen ^b   Pawankar, Ruby ^b   Akdis, Cezmi A ^a   Benjaponpitak, Suwat ^b   Caraballo, Luis ^b   Demain, Jeffrey ^b   Portnoy, Jay ^b   Von Hertzen, Leena ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergy plan; Biodiversity; Civilization disease; Epigenetics; Immune dysfunction; Microbiome; Microbiota; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMENSAL; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FIRMICUTES; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FLORA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84881297620     PISSN: 19394551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-6-3     Document Type: Article

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