Growing up on the farm

Farming, growing up on a farm, and haematological cancer mortality.

OBJECTIVES Occupation as a farmer has been associated with increased risks of haematological cancers in adults. This study aimed to examine whether farm exposures in childhood contribute to these risks, by using parental occupation in farming as a proxy for growing up on a farm. METHODS New Zealand death records (1998-2003) of persons aged 35-85 were extracted (n=114 289). For 82.3% usual occ...

Growing up on a farm leads to lifelong protection against allergic rhinitis.

BACKGROUND Various studies have reported a low prevalence of allergic rhinitis in farmers and farmers' children. We sought to investigate whether the protective effect of childhood farm environment is conserved throughout adulthood and how it corresponds to different degrees of urbanization. METHODS A questionnaire on respiratory health was mailed in 2008 to 30,000 randomly selected subjects ...

Growing up

To the casual observer, successful neonatal care may appear to end at the door of the neonatal unit along with the appreciations and farewells. However this is merely the end of the beginning, as the reality of life outside the neonatal unit commences for infant and family. This article examines the role of neonatal follow-up and some of the factors that determine how such services are currentl...

Growing up in the City

"growing up in the Illawarra"