Population-based studies on atopy in Greenland
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Lifestyle-Related Factors and Atopy in Seven Danish Population-Based Studies from Different Time Periods
BACKGROUND The prevalence of allergic respiratory disease tends to increase in populations that adopt the so-called Westernized lifestyle. We investigated the association between atopy and several possible lifestyle-related factors in seven Danish population-based studies. METHODS A total of 20048 persons participated in the seven studies. We used logistic regression to analyse the associatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
سال: 2003
ISSN: 2242-3982
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v62i2.17555