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Hunt for the origin of allergy - comparing the Finnish and Russian Karelia.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 May 2015
Haahtela T, Laatikainen T, Alenius H, Auvinen P, Fyhrquist N, Hanski I, von Hertzen L, Jousilahti P, Kosunen T U, Markelova O, Mäkelä M J, Pantelejev V, Uhanov M, Zilber E, Vartiainen E
Abstract excerpt
The Finnish and Russian Karelia are adjacent areas in northern Europe, socio-economically distinct but geoclimatically similar. The Karelia Allergy Study was commenced in 1998 to characterize the allergy profiles in the two areas. Allergy prevalence had increased in Finland since the early 1960s, but the situation in Russia was unknown. The key finding was that allergic symptoms and diseases were systematically...
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