Pet- and pollen-induced upper airway symptoms in farmers and in nonfarmers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Koskela, Heikki ^a   Iivanainen, K K ^a   Remes, S T ^a   Pekkanen, J ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Farmers; Rhinitis; Skin prick tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIC DUST; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WHEEZING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0042812405     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00107903     Document Type: Article

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