Parental farming protects children against atopy: Longitudinal evidence involving skin prick tests

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1155-1159

  Horak Jr , F ^a   Studnicka, M ^b   Gartner, C ^a   Veiter, A ^c   Tauber, E ^a   Urbanek, R ^a   Frischer, T ^a  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b St Johannes Spital   (Austria)

^c Hospital of Korneuburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atopy incidence; Farming; Longitudinal; School children; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SIBLING;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0036039047     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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