Atopic dermatitis and the hygiene hypothesis: A case control study
The notion that a reduced exposure to microbial pathogens in early life increases the chances of the expression of atopic disease has come to be known as the hygiene hypothesis1. It has arisen from observations of the rapidly rising prevalence of atopic diseases in recent decades, the lower prevalen...
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| Language: | English |
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2003-06.
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