Prevention - what is the most promising approach?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-14

  Holt, Patrick G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENS; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHILD; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PUBLICATIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84894047678     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12194     Document Type: Editorial

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