Low prevalence of atopy in young danish farmers and farming students born and raised on a farm

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-253

  Portengen, L ^a   Sigsgaard, T ^b   Omland, O ^b   Hjort, C ^b   Heederik, D ^a   Doekes, G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopy; Denmark; Farm childhood; Farming; IgE; Skin prick tests; Young farmers

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SKIN TESTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036232099     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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