Reciprocal association between atopy and respiratory symptoms in fully employed female, but not male, workers in swine operations

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-276

  Dosman, James A ^a   Chenard, Liliane ^a   Rennie, Donna C ^a   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Females; Males; Respiratory; Swine exposures; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SUIDAE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SASKATCHEWAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949220829     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240902772738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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