Exposure to animals and the risk of allergic asthma: A population-based cross-sectional study in Finnish and Russian children

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hugg, Timo T ^a,b   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^b,c   Ruotsalainen, Risto ^d   Pushkarev, Vadim ^e   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^b,c  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Indoor Air Quality Clinic   (Finland)

^e Municipal Hospital of Svetogorsk   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPOSURE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CATS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK; RUSSIA;

EID: 47249125847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-28     Document Type: Article

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