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- A.J. Lumsdaine,
- J.C. Ross
Abstract
Careful observation while problem solving an individual case of
pediatric eczema using the engineering method led to a framework by
which others could carry out similar environmental problem solving to
alleviate their own individual cases of eczema and related allergy
problems. The resulting heuristic, published on a web site in 2004, has
been updated with community- and web-based user experiences to form a
reliable resource. Understanding the effect of modern syndets on
skin-barrier function under normal household conditions was crucial to
developing the heuristic and may explain the increasing prevalence of
eczema in the industrialized world.