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- Title
Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey.
- Authors
Riedler, J; Braun-Fahrländer, C; Eder, W; Schreuer, M; Waser, M; Maisch, S; Carr, D; Schierl, R; Nowak, D; von Mutius, E; ALEX Study Team
- Abstract
A farming environment protects against development of asthma, hay fever, and atopic sensitisation in children. We aimed to establish whether increased exposure to microbial compounds has to occur early in life to affect maturation of the immune system and thereby reduces risk for development of allergic diseases.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2001, Vol 358, Issue 9288, p1129
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06252-3