Allergic diseases, skin prick test responses, and IgE levels in North Karelia, Finland, and the Republic of Karelia, Russia

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 643-648

  Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Petäys, Tuula ^b   Haahtela, Tari ^b   Jousilahti, Pekka ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopy; Epidemiology; Finland; IgE; Russia; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036230194     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.123307     Document Type: Article

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