| allergy gap between finnish and russian karelia on increase. | multinational time-trend analyses of atopic disease have shown that the east-west gradients in prevalence are shrinking. we set out to clarify whether the disparities in the occurrence of atopy and atopic diseases in finnish and russian karelia during the past 10 years have diminished and how the prevalence of atopy has evolved with successive years of birth. | 2011 | 21255037 |
| co-occurrence of allergic sensitization and type 1 diabetes. | the mechanisms leading to abnormal immune regulation in type 1 diabetes and allergic diseases may be partly overlapping. if so, these diseases should co-occur more often than expected. we investigated this phenomenon in two contrasting socio-economic environments, finland and russian karelia. | 2010 | 20465355 |
| allergic sensitization and microbial load--a comparison between finland and russian karelia. | epidemiological data have indicated that some infections are associated with a low risk of allergic diseases, thus supporting the idea (hygiene hypothesis) that the microbial load is an important environmental factor conferring protection against the development of allergies. we set out to test the hygiene hypothesis in a unique epidemiological setting in two socio-economically and culturally markedly different, although genetically related, populations living in geographically adjacent areas. t ... | 2007 | 17302731 |