Allergy gap between Finnish and Russian Karelia on increase

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 886-892

  Laatikainen, T ^a   Von Hertzen, L ^b   Koskinen, J P ^a   Makela M J ^b   Jousilahti, P ^a   Kosunen, T U ^c   Vlasoff, T ^d   Ahlstrom M ^b   Vartiainen, E ^a   Haahtela, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d North Karelia Centre for Public Health   (Finland)

Author keywords

atopy; environment; Karelia; population study; time trends

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BETULA; CATS; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA;

EID: 79958100763     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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