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| M WaserSummaryAffiliation: University of Basel Country: Switzerland Publications
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Determinants of endotoxin levels in living environments of farmers' children and their peers from rural areasM Waser
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
Clin Exp Allergy 34:389-97. 2004..At school age, the amount of endotoxin measured in the dust of children's mattresses is inversely related to the occurrence of atopic asthma, hayfever and atopic sensitization both in children from farming and non-farming households...- Inverse association of farm milk consumption with asthma and allergy in rural and suburban populations across EuropeM Waser
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
Clin Exp Allergy 37:661-70. 2007..Some studies in rural environments claimed an inverse association between consumption of farm-produced dairy products and the prevalence of allergic diseases, but current evidence is controversial... - Exposure to pets, and the association with hay fever, asthma, and atopic sensitization in rural childrenM Waser
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Allergy 60:177-84. 2005..In addition, a subtle form of pet avoidance may contribute to the protective effect of pet... - Bacterial and fungal components in house dust of farm children, Rudolf Steiner school children and reference children--the PARSIFAL StudyD Schram
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Allergy 60:611-8. 2005..Further analyses are, however, required to assess the association between exposure to these various microbial agents and allergic and airway diseases in the PARSIFAL population... - Bacterial and fungal agents in house dust and wheeze in children: the PARSIFAL studyD Schram-Bijkerk
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Children s Hospital, Salzburg, Austria
Clin Exp Allergy 35:1272-8. 2005..Growing up on a farm and an anthroposophic lifestyle are associated with a lower prevalence of allergic diseases in childhood. This might be related to increased inhalatory exposure to microbial agents... - Allergic diseases and atopic sensitization in children related to farming and anthroposophic lifestyle--the PARSIFAL studyT Alfven
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Allergy 61:414-21. 2006.... - Nonlinear relations between house dust mite allergen levels and mite sensitization in farm and nonfarm childrenD Schram-Bijkerk
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Allergy 61:640-7. 2006..In populations with high microbial agent levels and low sensitization rates, the curve is shifted down... - Exposure to microbial components and allergens in population studies: a comparison of two house dust collection methods applied by participants and fieldworkersD Schram-Bijkerk
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Indoor Air 16:414-25. 2006.... - Environmental determinants of atopic eczema phenotypes in relation to asthma and atopic sensitizationB Karadag
University Children s Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
Allergy 62:1387-93. 2007..There is still uncertainty about the determinants of atopic eczema (AE). To explain the heterogeneity of the disease, different phenotypes of AE have been suggested...