Microbial content of drinking water in Finnish and Russian Karelia – implications for atopy prevalence

• Published in: Allergy
• Main Authors: Von Hertzen, L., Laatikainen, T., Pitkänen, T., Vlasoff, T., Mäkelä, M. J., Vartiainen, E., Haahtela, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: karelia*; karelian; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01281.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1398-9995.2006.01281.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01281.x

Background and aim: The influence of microbial quality of drinking water from different sources on the occurrence of atopy has been poorly examined. This study was undertaken to clarify the association between the overall microbial content in drinking water and the occurrence of atopy among schoolch...