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. 2004 Dec;5(12):1122-4.
doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400308.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot.

Caroline Hadley. EMBO Rep. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

The 'hygiene hypothesis' is less about cleanliness, and more about the changes that humans have made to their lifestyle

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