Prevalence of hay fever and allergic sensitization in farmer's children and their peers living in the same rural community

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-34

  Braun Fahrlander Ch ^e   Gassner, M ^a   Grize, L ^c   Neu, U ^e   Sennhauser, F H ^c   Varonier, H S ^b   Vuille, J C ^c   Wuthrich B ^d  

^a School Health Service   (Switzerland)

^b Paediatric University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Public Health ^*

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Inst fur Sozial und Praventivmed   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Children; Farming; Hay fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; COUGHING; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SNEEZING; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALLERGENS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032927086     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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