Determinants of endotoxin levels in living environments of farmers' children and their peers from rural areas

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-397

  Waser, M ^a   Schierl, R ^b   Von Mutius, E ^c   Maisch, S ^c   Carr, D ^c   Riedler, J ^d   Eder, W ^d   Schreuer, M ^e   Nowak, D ^b   Braun Fahrlander C ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Children; Exposure assessment; Farm animals and pets; Farming; House and stable dust; Indoor endotoxin; Living room floor; Mattress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; BUILDING; CLEANING; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LIFE STYLE; MALE;

EID: 12144290375     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01873.x     Document Type: Article

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