hygiene hypothesis

hypothesis in medicine that early childhood exposure to certain microorganisms (e.g. gut flora, helminths) protects against allergies
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hygiene hypothesis

Summary

hygiene hypothesis is a hypothesis[1]. It draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (hypothesis category, ranking #45 of 235).[2]

Key Facts

  • hygiene hypothesis's instance of is recorded as hypothesis[3].
  • hygiene hypothesis's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D061148[4].
  • hygiene hypothesis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • hygiene hypothesis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024nrk[6].
  • hygiene hypothesis's MeSH tree code is recorded as K01.752.667.875[7].
  • hygiene hypothesis's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph648432[8].
  • hygiene hypothesis's main subject is recorded as immune system development[9].
  • hygiene hypothesis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/hygiene-hypothesis[10].
  • hygiene hypothesis's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3179072[11].
  • hygiene hypothesis's Quora topic ID is recorded as Hygiene-Hypothesis[12].
  • hygiene hypothesis's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as hygienehypotesen[13].
  • hygiene hypothesis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 78635009[14].
  • hygiene hypothesis's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C78635009[15].

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Designation and Status

hygiene hypothesis's instance of is recorded as hypothesis[3].

Why It Matters

hygiene hypothesis draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (hypothesis category, ranking #45 of 235).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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