Hay fever and asthma symptoms in conventional and organic farmers in The Netherlands

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-107

  Smit, Lidwien A M ^a   Zuurbier, Moniek ^a   Doekes, Gert ^a   Wouters, Inge M ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a   Douwes, Jeroen ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33846945819     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.028167     Document Type: Article

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