hygiene hypothesis
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hypothesis in medicine that early childhood exposure to certain microorganisms (e.g. gut flora, helminths) protects against allergies
Research
3,947 papers- The Hygiene Hypothesis - Learning From but Not Living in the Past.Frontiers in immunology · 2021
- Editorial: The Immunological Implications of the Hygiene Hypothesis.Frontiers in immunology · 2021
- Revisiting the Hygiene Hypothesis in the Context of Autoimmunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2020
- The Hygiene Hypothesis and New Perspectives-Current Challenges Meeting an Old Postulate.Frontiers in immunology · 2021
- The Hygiene Hypothesis in the Age of the Microbiome.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2017
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- Instance of
- hypothesis
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1989-00-00
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