The rural-urban enigma of allergy: What can we learn from studies around the world?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-102

  Schröder, Paul C ^a,b   Li, Jing ^c   Wong, Gary W K ^d   Schaub, Bianca ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b German Center for Lung Research (DZL)   (Germany)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allergy; Environment; Exposure; Farm effect; Microbial; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FISH OIL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VITAMIN D;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIOMASS; DIETARY FIBER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INCINERATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; HEALTH; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925723342     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12341     Document Type: Review

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