| Title |
Risk factors for allergy
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
European Journal of Pediatrics, January 1999
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s004310051024 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
L. F. A. De Swert |
| Abstract |
Host factors involved in the risk for allergy are heredity, sex, race and age, with heredity being by far the most important. Exposure to allergens has been identified as an influential environmental factor, whereas passive smoking and pollution may act as an adjuvant. The atopic mother may during pregnancy add to an atopy-prone environment. Whereas respiratory infections are associated with attacks of bronchial asthma, infections in early life might play a role in the protection against atopy by preferential stimulation of a Th1 response, with mutual down-regulation of the Th2 response. |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 40 | 98% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| Unknown | 13 | 32% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
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