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- Title
Atopic dermatitis and the hygiene hypothesis: a case-control study.
- Authors
Gibbs, Sam; Surridge, Heidi; Adamson, Ruth; Cohen, Bernard; Bentham, Graham; Reading, Richard
- Abstract
The notion that lack of exposure to infection in early life leads to development of atopic disease has come to be known as the hygiene hypothesis. It has arisen from observations of the rapidly rising prevalence of atopic diseases in recent decades and the lower prevalence of atopy with rising birth order. Direct evidence for the hypothesis to date is inconsistent.
- Publication
International journal of epidemiology, 2004, Vol 33, Issue 1, p199
- ISSN
0300-5771
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ije/dyg267