The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 117, Issue 1 , Pages 59-66 , January 2006

Allergic disease and sensitization in Steiner school children

  • Helen Flöistrup, MSc

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute of Environmental Medicine
    • Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Helen Flöistrup, MSc, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Box 210, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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  • Jackie Swartz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vidar Clinic, Järna
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  • Anna Bergström, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute of Environmental Medicine
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  • Johan S. Alm, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sachs' Children's Hospital, Stockholm Söder Hospital
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  • Annika Scheynius, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Clinical Allergy Research Unit
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  • Marianne van Hage, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Unit, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm
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  • Marco Waser, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environment and Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel
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  • Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environment and Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel
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  • Dieneke Schram-Bijkerk, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University
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  • Machteld Huber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Louis Bolk Institute, Driebergen
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  • Anne Zutavern, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich
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  • Erika von Mutius, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich
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  • Ellen Üblagger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Children's Hospital, Salzburg
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  • Josef Riedler, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Schwarzach
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  • Karin B. Michaels, ScD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
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  • Göran Pershagen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute of Environmental Medicine
    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council
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  • the PARSIFAL Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Göran Pershagen, Tobias Alfvén, Johan Alm, Anna Bergström, Lars Engstrand, Helen Flöistrup, Marianne van Hage, Niclas Håkansson, Gunnar Lilja, Fredrik Nyberg, Annika Scheynius, Jackie Swartz, Magnus Wickman (Sweden); Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Marco Waser, Felix Sennhauser, Roger Lauener, Johannes Wildhaber, Alex Möller (Switzerland); Bert Brunekreef, Dieneke Schram-Bijkerk, Gert Doekes, Mirian Boeve, Jeroen Douwes, Machteld Huber, Mirjam Matze (The Netherlands); Erika von Mutius, Marcus R. Benz, Jörg Budde, Markus Ege (Germany); Josef Riedler, Waltraud Eder, Ellen Üblagger, Gertraud Weiss, Mynda Schreuer (Austria); Karin B. Michels (United States)

Received 10 May 2005 ,Revised 8 September 2005 ,Accepted 12 September 2005.

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    A-G, Country specific and pooled OR and 95% CI estimates for different allergic diseases and sensitization, comparing Steiner school children with reference children. P values refer to the test of hom

    A-G, Country specific and pooled OR and 95% CI estimates for different allergic diseases and sensitization, comparing Steiner school children with reference children. P values refer to the test of homogeneity. Adjustments are made for traditional risk factors for childhood allergy.

 Supported by a research grant from the European Union, QLRT 1999-01391, and by funding from the Swedish Foundation for Health Care Science and Allergy Research.

PII: S0091-6749(05)02128-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.039

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 117, Issue 1 , Pages 59-66 , January 2006

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