Agricultural exposure and asthma risk in the AGRICAN French cohort

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 435-442

  Baldi, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Robert, Céline ^a,b   Piantoni, Florence ^a,b   Tual, Séverine ^b,d,e   Bouvier, Ghislaine ^a,b   Lebailly, Pierre ^b,d,e   Raherison, Chantal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Farming; Pesticides; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84897105731     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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