Inverse association between farm animal contact and respiratory allergies in adulthood: Protection, underreporting or selection?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-446

  Radon, K ^a,b   Schulze, A ^a   Nowak, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma hygiene hypothesis; Environment; Immunoglobulin E; Rhinitis; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644666300     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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