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Wednesday, 28 September 2016 13:25

Farm childhood linked lower allergies, stronger lungs

Living on a farm in early childhood is linked to a lower risk of allergies as an adult, and stronger lungs in women, than growing up in either a rural or urban area, finds research published online in the journal Thorax.

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