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Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children

Description
Compares asthma and allergy rates in two similar populations who use different farming practices, the Amish and the Hutterites. One group uses traditional farming practices and the other uses industrialized farming practices.
Author(s)
Michelle Stein, Cara Hrusch, Justyna Gozdz, et al.
Citation
New England Journal of Medicine, 375, 411-421
Date
08/2016
Type
Document
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Anabaptists · Chronic respiratory conditions · Farmers and farmworkers