# hygiene hypothesis

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

**Wikidata**: [Q2109172](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2109172)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hygiene-hypothesis


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. UMLS 2023
3. Quora
4. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)