Environmental nickel pollution: Does it protect against nickel allergy? - 01/09/11
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The Norwegian-Russian border area is polluted because of emissions from two local Russian nickel refineries. We patch tested the general adult population on both sides of the border. Only 7.2% of the Russian women were sensitized to nickel, compared with 27.5% of the Norwegian women. We suggest that long-term exposure to nickel may have induced immunologic tolerance in the Russian population. (J Am Acad Dermatol 2002;46:460-2.)
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Funded by the Norwegian Ministries of the Environment, Health and Social Affairs and Foreign Affairs, the Russian Ministry of Health, and the Murmansk Regional Health Care Committee. |
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Conflicts of interest: None. |
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Reprint requests: Tone Smith-Sivertsen, Dept of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Ulriksdal 8c, N-5009 Bergen, Norway. E-mail: Tone.Smith-Sivertsen@isf.uib.no. |
Vol 46 - N° 3
P. 460-462 - mars 2002 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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