Farming, rural lifestyle and atopy in adults from southern germany - Results from the MONICA/KORA study Augsburg

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1829-1838

  Filipiak, B ^a,b   Heinrich, J ^a   Schafer T ^c   Ring, J ^c   Wichmann, H E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Farming; Mite; Pollen; Respiratory disorders; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035663437     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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