Atopy and allergic disorders among adults in Tartu, Estonia compared with Uppsala, Sweden

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1072-1080

  Jogi R ^a,b   Janson, C ^c   Bjornsson E ^c   Boman, G ^c   Bjorksten B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Asthma; Atopy; Epidemiology; IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MITES; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031718677     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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