Reduced risk of hay fever and asthma among children of farmers

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-193

  Von Ehrenstein, O S ^a   Von Mutius, E ^a   Illi, S ^a   Baumann, L ^b   Bohm O ^b   Von Kries, R ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0033974824     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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