Prevalence and sensitization of atopic allergy and coeliac disease in the Northern Sweden Population Health Study

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Stefan Enroth, Ingrid Dahlbom, Tony Hansson, Åsa Johansson, Ulf Gyllensten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
• Subjects: allergy; coeliac disease; atopic allergy; heritability; self reported allergy; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Karesuando; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21403; https://doaj.org/article/1b0cd683de354cab86215672f96f97cc

Background. Atopic allergy is effected by a number of environmental exposures, such as dry air and time spent outdoors, but there are few estimates of the prevalence in populations from sub-arctic areas. Objective. To determine the prevalence and severity of symptoms of food, inhalation and skin-rel...