Biomarkers of Development of Immunity and Allergic Diseases in Farming and Non-farming Lifestyle Infants: Design, Methods and 1 Year Outcomes in the "Zooming in to Old Order Mennonites" Birth Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Kirsi M. Järvinen (Author), Erin C. Davis (Author), Erin Bevec (Author), Courtney M. Jackson (Author), Catherine Pizzarello (Author), Elizabeth Catlin (Author), Miranda Klein (Author), Akhila Sunkara (Author), Nichole Diaz (Author), James Miller (Author), Camille A. Martina (Author), Juilee Thakar (Author), Antti E. Seppo (Author), R. John Looney (Author), the Collaborative Working Group (Author), Jeanne Lomas (Author), Maria H. Slack (Author), Puja Sood Rajani (Author), Jessica Stern (Author), Emily Weis (Author), Theresa Bingemann (Author), S. Shahzad Mustafa (Author), Allison Ramsey (Author), Barbara Johnson (Author), Kaili Widrick (Author), Allison Leadley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Traditional farming lifestyle has been shown to be protective against asthma and allergic diseases. The individual factors that appear to be associated with this "farm-life effect" include consumption of unpasteurized farm milk and exposure to farm animals and stables. However, the biomark...