Allergic diseases in children and farming environment;Allergies et asthme chez l'enfant en milieu rural agricole

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1195-1220

  Hulin, M ^a,b   Annesi Maesano, I ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Farm; Gene environment

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARM ANIMAL; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MILK; MOULD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MILK; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RURAL HEALTH; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79953102702     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2010.10.002     Document Type: Review

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