Environmental Exposure to Endotoxin and Its Relation to Asthma in School-Age Children

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Authors

Charlotte Braun‐Fahrländer · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Josef Riedler · Unfallkrankenhaus Salzburg

Udo Herz · Philipps University of Marburg

Waltraud Eder · Unfallkrankenhaus Salzburg

Marco Waser · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Leticia Grize · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

Soyoun Maisch

Abstract

A subject's environmental exposure to endotoxin may have a crucial role in the development of tolerance to ubiquitous allergens found in natural environments.

Topics & Keywords

Asthma and respiratory diseases Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 347, Issue 12, pp. 869-877

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa020057

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