Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis: Does cleanliness matter?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 522-529

  Weber, Juliane ^a   Illi, Sabina ^a   Nowak, Dennis ^a,b   Schierl, Rudolf ^a   Holst, Otto ^b,c   von Mutius, Erika ^a,b   Ege, Markus J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergies; Childhood; Endotoxin; House dust; Muramic acid

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; MURAMIC ACID; DUST;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLEANING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HAY FEVER; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; ANALYSIS; DUST; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASTHMA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIFE STYLE; MURAMIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84923884800     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201410-1899OC     Document Type: Article

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