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Does the use of antibiotics in early childhood increase the risk of asthma and allergic disease?
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Nov 2000
Droste J H, Wieringa M H, Weyler J J, Nelen V J, Vermeire P A, Van Bever H P
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BACKGROUND: One of the mechanisms evoked to explain the increasing prevalences of asthma and allergy, in particular among children, is the 'Western lifestyle' or 'hygiene' hypothesis. As early childhood infections are assumed to hold a protective effect on the development of asthma and allergies,...
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