Atopy and allergic respiratory disease in rural Poland before and after accession to the European Union

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1347-1353

  Sozańska, Barbara ^a   Błaszczyk, Mateusz ^b   Pearce, Neil ^c,d   Cullinan, Paul ^e  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; Atopy; changes in farming practices; farming exposures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GOAT; HAY FEVER; HORSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; POLAND; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RURAL POPULATION; SHEEP; SWINE; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING; COW; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHANGES IN FARMING PRACTICES; FARMING EXPOSURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84899622107     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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