… As the prevalence of asthma appears to be lower in … asthma/atopy. This is a review of
the current evidence of the associations between the constituents of the MedDi and asthma/atopy, …

… For example, rural Chinese children had significantly lower prevalence of asthma and
atopic sensitization than urban children, using the validated ISAAC (International Study of …

… protective effect of breastfeeding on asthma was greater in studies of children with a family
history of atopy (… children without a family history of atopy, there was no significant association …

… In 1994, we argued that the increases in asthma and atopic … in asthma and atopy had
resulted from increasing population susceptibility. We noted that the increase in asthma and atopy …

… patients with asthma have been successful (eg, smoking ban, the Finnish Asthma Programme)…
Several recent prevention initiatives are based on strong asthma-protective environmental …

… ––have been of interest in epidemiological studies as a risk and a protective factor for cancer.
… Our findings indicate that atopic dermatitis and hayfever are not a protective or a risk factor …

… do not clearly confirm atopy as a protective factor for colorectal … men a protective, although
nonsignificant, trend for asthma, … been diagnosed with asthma or hay fever (8). In this study, …

… asthma has been subject to several studies in the last decade. Epidemiological data suggest
that incidence of asthma and atopic … that besides genetic factors, environmental aspects …

… This review highlights findings from several recent studies of asthma and atopy among rural
and farm children. Many of these studies hypothesize about the apparent protective effect of …

… significant associations with atopic asthma than for asthma and atopy analyzed separately…
atopic asthma (protective) and non-atopic asthma (risk factor), but no associations with asthma …