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Genetic-environmental interactions in asthma and allergy: a study in a closed population exposed to different environments.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 1 Mar 2009
Yaari Einat, Susser Ziv, Lahad Amnon, Nesher Yaron, Kachalsky Sylvia, Tal Asher, Kerem Eitan
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BACKGROUND: Asthma and allergy are common chronic diseases caused by genetic and environmental factors. OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of different environments on the prevalence of both diseases in an isolated founder population that resettled in different geographic and environmental areas (namely, the genetically homogeneous population that immigrated to Israel from Cochin, India, 50 years ago). METHODS:...
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