Atopy in children of families with an anthroposophic lifestyle
The LancetPublished 1 May 1999
Johan Alm, Jackie Swartz, G. Lilja, Annika Scheynius, Göran Pershagen
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Prevalence of atopy is lower in children from anthroposophic families than in children of the same age at two neighbouring schools and there was an inverse relation between the number of characteristic features of an anthropOSophic lifestyle and risk ofAtopy.
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Prevalence of atopy is lower in children from anthroposophic families than in children from other families. Lifestyle factors associated with anthroposophy may lessen the risk of atopy in childhood.
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