High levels of grass pollen inside European dairy farms: A role for the allergy-protective effects of environment?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1068-1073

  Sudre, B ^a   Vacheyrou, M ^a   Braun Fahrlander C ^b   Normand, A C ^a   Waser, M ^b   Reboux, G ^a   Ruffaldi, P ^a   von Mutius, E ^c   Piarroux, R ^a,d   Weiss G ^e   Ublagger E ^e   Humer, C ^e   Russegger M ^e   Riedler, J ^e   Juntunen, R ^e   Tiihonen, R ^e   Tiittanen, P ^e   Hirvonen, M R ^e   Huttunen, K ^e   Virtanen, S ^e   Kauppila, T ^e   Nevalainen, A ^e   Hyvarinen A ^e   Tuomainen, T P ^e   Karvonen, A ^e   Roponen, M ^e   Remes, S ^e   Pekkanen, J ^e   Vuitton, D A ^e   Dalphin, J C ^e   Dalphin, M L ^e   Roussel, S ^e   Ege, M J ^e   Buchele G ^e   Schmid, S ^e   Illi, S ^e   Korherr, N ^e   Genuneit, J ^e   Peter, R ^e   Sel, Serdar ^e   Blumer N ^e   Pfefferle, P ^e   Herzum, I ^e   Krauss Etschmann, S ^e   Renz, H ^e   Gehring, U ^e   Brunekreef, B ^e   Bitter, S ^e   Sennhauser, F H ^e   Loeliger, S ^e   Steinle, J ^e   Frei, R ^e   Lauener, R P ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Allergens; Asthma; Environment; Epidemiology; Hygiene hypothesis; Pollens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FUNGAL DETECTION; GRAIN; GRASS POLLEN; HAY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; BACTERIA; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLLEN;

EID: 66749091620     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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