Does living on a farm during childhood protect against asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopy in adulthood?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 10 I, 2001, Pages 1829-1834

  Leynaert, Bénédicte ^a   Neukirch, Catherine ^b   Jarvis, Deborah ^b   Chinn, Susan ^b   Burney, Peter ^b   Neukirch, Françoise ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Epidemiologic studies; Farm; Immunologic sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SIBLING;

EID: 0035891576     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.10.2103137     Document Type: Article

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