The cohort of young Danish farmers - A longitudinal study of the health effects of farming exposure

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Elholm, Grethe ^a,b   Omland, Øyvind ^a,b   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Hjort, Charlotte ^c   Basinas, Ioannis ^a   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Cohort study; Farming environment; Lung function; Occupational exposure; Respiratory health; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77953367655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s9255     Document Type: Article

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