Farm environment during infancy and lung function at the age of 31: A prospective birth cohort study in Finland

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Lampi, Jussi ^a,b   Koskela, Heikki ^c   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^d   Ramasamy, Adaikalavan ^e,f   Alves, Alexessander Couto ^e   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,d,e,g   Pekkanen, Juha ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; COW; DOG; FARM ANIMAL; FARM ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PETS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84941671253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007350     Document Type: Article

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