Farm environment in childhood prevents the development of allergies

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-208

  Kilpelainen ^a   Terho, ^a   Helenius, ^a   Koskenvuo, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Epidemiology; Family size; Farm environment; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033963118     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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