Leipzig Disparity

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Leipzig Disparity

A term referring to the unexpected finding that children raised in the highly polluted ex-East German city of Leipzig have one-half the rate of allergies as children raised in cleaner West German cities

Leipzig disparity

Allergy medicine The observation that children in the highly polluted ex-East German city of Leipzig had one-half the incidence of allergies as children living in the cleaner West German cities. See Hygiene hypothesis.

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