Do farming exposures cause or prevent asthma? Results from a study of adult Norwegian farmers

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 381-386

  Eduard, W ^a   Douwes, J ^b,c   Omenaas, E ^d   Heederik, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIA; ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BACTERIUM; CATTLE FARMING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 2442619495     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.013326     Document Type: Article

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