Stress During Childhood Increases Risk Of Allergies, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, and Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF) Scientists Find in Long-Term Study

ScienceDaily — Moving house or the separation of parents can significantly increase the risk of children developing allergies later on. These are the results from a long-term study correlating life-style, immune system development and allergies, led by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig (UFZ), the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the “Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung” (IUF) in Duesseldorf.