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Environmental Risk Factors for Atopy

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New Trends in Allergy IV

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There is an almost universal consensus that the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased considerably in western industrialised countries since the second world war. Reasons for this are poorly understood, although several environmental risk factors have been identified that may enhance the risk for sensitisation and the appearance of allergic manifestations. Even if all factors that are known to affect the incidence of allergic manifestations are combined, however, this would only partly explain the increase.

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  1. Klinik and Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie am Biederstein, Technische Universität München, Biedersteiner Str. 29, 80802, München, Germany

    Johannes Ring

  2. Abt. Experimentelle Dermatologie und Allergologie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Martinistraße 53, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Heidrun Behrendt

  3. Hautklinik/Allergieabteilung, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Martinistraße 53, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Dieter Vieluf

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Björkstén, B. (1997). Environmental Risk Factors for Atopy. In: Ring, J., Behrendt, H., Vieluf, D. (eds) New Trends in Allergy IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60419-5_1

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