Selective migration contributes to a healthy worker effect in the farming population [1] (multiple letters)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-103

  Braback L ^a   Hjern, A ^b   Rasmussen, F ^c   Van Schayck, C P ^d   Knottnerus, J A ^d  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 29144516484     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.08.003     Document Type: Letter

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