Open AccessThe Association between Allergy and Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Canadian Population
Author(s) -
Jacob Karsh,
Yue Chen,
Mei Lin,
Robert Dales
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.825
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1573-7284
pISSN - 0393-2990
DOI - 10.1007/s10654-005-0704-9
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , odds ratio , allergy , population , immunology , epidemiology , disease , logistic regression , demography , environmental health , sociology
Antagonism between Th1 and Th2 lymphocyte mediated responses has been proposed to explain the observed 20th Century population increase in Th2 mediated allergic disease and reciprocal decrease in infectious disease, which stimulates a Th1 mediated response.
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