Early life exposure to farming environment and indoor exposure to endotoxin are inversely related to asthma, hay fever and atopy in children

E. von Mutius, C. Braun-Fahrländer, W. Eder, M. Schreuer, M. Waser, S. Maisch, D. Carr, R. Schierl, D. Nowak, J. Riedler, ALEX Study Team (Munich, Germany; Basel, Switzerland; Salzburg, Austria)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Host susceptibility and environment in childhood allergy and respiratory disease
Session: Host susceptibility and environment in childhood allergy and respiratory disease
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1053
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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