Occupational endotoxin exposure dose-dependently protects against atopy and hay fever: Results of a longitudinal study

Inge Wouters (Utrecht, Netherlands), Annejet Spierenburg, Lidwien Smit, Patricia Robbe, Esmeralda Krop, Dick Heederik, Machteld Hylkema, Inge Wouters

Source: International Congress 2016 – Human responses to exposure, including physiological and biomarker outcomes
Session: Human responses to exposure, including physiological and biomarker outcomes
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 391
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Inge Wouters (Utrecht, Netherlands), Annejet Spierenburg, Lidwien Smit, Patricia Robbe, Esmeralda Krop, Dick Heederik, Machteld Hylkema, Inge Wouters. Occupational endotoxin exposure dose-dependently protects against atopy and hay fever: Results of a longitudinal study. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 391

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