Trends in asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema among Swedish conscripts from farming and non-farming environments. A nationwide study over three decades

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-43

  Braback L ^a   Hjern, A ^b,c   Rasmussen, F ^d  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Epidemiology   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Conscripts; Eczema; Epidemiology; Farm environment; Rural; Time trend; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REGISTER; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0842313338     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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