Allergic diseases

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Hjern A Hedberg A Haglund B Rosén M . Does tobacco smoke prevent atopic disorders? A study of two generations of Swedish residents. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. Jun 2001; 31(6):908–14.

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Bloomfield SF Stanwell-Smith R Crevel RW Pickup J . Too clean, or not too clean: the hygiene hypothesis and home hygiene. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. Apr 2006; 36(4):402–25.

Bengmark S . Den bioekologiska medicinen har kommit för att stanna [Bioenvironmental Medicine Is Here to Stay]. Läkartidningen. Feb 1–7 2006; 103(5):293–7.

Björkstén B . The gut microbiota: a complex ecosystem. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. Oct 2006; 36(10):1215–7.

Adlerberth I Lindberg E Aberg N Hesselmar B Saalman R Strannegard IL . Reduced enterobacterial and increased staphylococcal colonization of the infantile bowel: an effect of hygienic lifestyle? Pediatric Research. Jan 2006; 59(1):96–101.

Penders J Stobberingh EE van den Brandt PA Thijs C . The role of the intestinal microbiota in the development of atopic disorders. Allergy. Nov 2007; 62(11):1223–36.

Naleway AL . Asthma and atopy in rural children: is farming protective? Clinical Medicine & Research. Feb 2004; 2(1):5–12.

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Radon K Windstetter D Poluda AL Mueller B von Mutius E Koletzko S . Contact with farm animals in early life and juvenile inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study. Pediatrics. Aug 2007; 120(2):354–61.

Benn CS Melbye M Wohlfahrt J Björkstén B Aaby P . Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during first 18 months of life. British Medical Journal. May 22 2004; 328(7450):1223.

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Höst A Koletzko B Dreborg S Muraro A Wahn U Aggett P . Dietary products used in infants for treatment and prevention of food allergy. Joint Statement of the European Society for Paediatric Allergology and Clinical Immunology (ESPACI) Committee on Hypoallergenic Formulas and the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Committee on Nutrition. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Jul 1999; 81(1):80–4.

Kull I Bergstrom A Lilja G Pershagen G Wickman M . Fish consumption during the first year of life and development of allergic diseases during childhood. Allergy. Aug 2006; 61(8):1009–15.

Romieu I Torrent M Garcia-Esteban R Ferrer C Ribas-Fito N Anto JM . Maternal fish intake during pregnancy and atopy and asthma in infancy. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. Apr 2007; 37(4):518–25.

Willers S Devereux G Craig L McNeill G Wijga A Abou El-Magd W . Maternal food consumption during pregnancy and asthma, respiratory and atopic symptoms in 5-year-old children. Thorax. 2007.

Perzanowski MS Ronmark E Platts-Mills TA Lundback B . Effect of cat and dog ownership on sensitization and development of asthma among preteenage children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Sep 1 2002; 166(5):696–702.

Almqvist C Wickman M Perfetti L Berglind N Renström A Hedren M . Worsening of asthma in children allergic to cats, after indirect exposure to cats at school. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Mar 2001; 163(3 Pt 1):694–8.