Exposure to 'farming' and objective markers of atopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 744-757

  Campbell, B E ^a   Lodge, C J ^a,b   Lowe, A J ^a,b   Burgess, J A ^a   Matheson, M C ^a   Dharmage, S C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULTHOOD; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANCY; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ODDS RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84925108793     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12429     Document Type: Article

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