Early-life farm exposures and adult asthma and atopy in the Agricultural Lung Health Study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 249-256.e14

  House, John S ^a   Wyss, Annah B ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^a,b   Richards, Marie ^c   Long, Stuart ^c   Umbach, David M ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^d   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^e   Sandler, Dale P ^a   Long O'Connell, Elizabeth ^f   Barker Cummings, Christie ^f   London, Stephanie J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural workers' diseases; Agriculture; allergy and immunology; asthma; hygiene hypothesis; IgE; prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IOWA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; MOTHER; NORTH CAROLINA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX; SMOKING; SPOUSE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BLOOD; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

AGED; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 85008193332     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.09.036     Document Type: Article

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