Skin Sensitization in School Children in Northern and Southern Norway |
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| Authors: | Heidi Nygaard Bakken Per Nafstad Roald Bolle Wenche Nystad |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Epidemiology, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway;2. Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway;3. Department of Paediatrics, The University Hospital of Northern Norway, Troms?, Norway |
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| Abstract: | It has been suggested that environmental exposures and living conditions can explain some of the worldwide variation in atopic disorders. Norway has large environmental contrasts within the country. We compared skin prick sensitization rates among school children living in the southern subarctic and in the northern artic part of Norway. Approximately one quarter of the children were sensitized, mostly against pollen and animal dander, while mite and mould sensitization seemed to be a minor problem. Sensitization rates and profiles were similar in the north and south despite differences in living conditions and environmental exposures. |
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| Keywords: | children epidemiology ISAAC sensitization skin prick test methods |
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