title: Associations between the 17q21 region and allergic rhinitis in 5 birth cohorts.
authors.affiliation: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fuertes
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, and Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: Cilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Söderhäll
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, and Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; Translational Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Acevedo
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brauer
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Moira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chan-Yeung
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F Nicole
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Dijk
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics/Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Jongste
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerard H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Koppelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Dirkje S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Postma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, and Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kere
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Anita L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kozyrskyj
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pershagen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandford
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Standl
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany; Division of Metabolic Diseases and Nutritional Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich, Dr von Hauner Children's Hospital, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Carla M T
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tiesler
authors.affiliation: Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waldenberger
authors.affiliation: Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Marit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westman
authors.affiliation: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carlsten
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Sach's Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: erik.melen@ki.se.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Melén
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000235:genetics; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D015331:Cohort Studies; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D065631:Rhinitis, Allergic / Q000235:genetics*