Association of Farming with the Development of Cedar Pollinosis in Japanese Adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 804-810

  Nakamura, Kozue ^a   Nagata, Chisato ^a   Wada, Keiko ^a   Fujii, Kaori ^a   Kawachi, Toshiaki ^a   Takatsuka, Naoyoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cedar pollinosis; Farming; Prospective cohort study; Work exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CEDAR POLLINOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLEN ALLERGY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957665017     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.07.099     Document Type: Article

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