Prevalence of atopy and allergic diseases in Korean children: Associations with a farming environment and rural lifestyle

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-174

  Lee, S Y ^f   Kwon, J W ^g   Seo, J H ^a   Song, Y H ^a   Kim, B J ^d   Yu, J ^a   Park, K S ^e   Kim, H ^b   Kim, E J ^c   Lee, J S ^c   Hong, S J ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Presbyterian Medical Center   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Atopy; Farming; Hygiene hypothesis; Rural lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARM ANIMAL; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SIBLING; URBAN POPULATION; WHEEZING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862823383     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330820     Document Type: Article

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