Urban versus Rural Residency and Allergy Prevalence among Adult Women: Iowa Women's Health Study.

CONCLUSION: This study supports a hypothesis that farm living is inversely associated with allergy, suggesting that environmental exposures may protect against allergy not only in childhood, but also in late adulthood.
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Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 6, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Patel NP, Prizment AE, Thyagarajan B, Roberts E, Nelson HH, Church TR, Lazovich D Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research