I am starting here a thread of immigrant studies – seems that there are now ~100 available in the medical literature. This could be the nice question for a meta-analysis: Does the move to a high prevalence country lead to more allergy, e.g. do your peers matter?
1: Lee AC et al. A Comparison of Knowledge abo…[PMID: 17387614]
2: Ilardi D. The American school nurse. Ex…[PMID: 17176734]
3: Mosnaim G et al. Coping with asthma in immigra…[PMID: 17069102]
4: Di Lorenzo G et al. Relationship between specific…[PMID: 17026848]
5: Ortega AN et al. Co-occurrence of mental and p…[PMID: 17013767]
6: Zuskin E et al. Chronic respiratory symptoms …[PMID: 16909461]
7: Cataldo F et al. Are food intolerances and all…[PMID: 16846455]
8: Stirbu I et al. Differences in avoidable mort…[PMID: 16566833]
9: Newberry AM et al. Strongyloides hyperinfection …[PMID: 16304332]
10: Gonzalez Burchard E et al. Latino populations: a unique …[PMID: 16257940]
11: Netuveli G et al. Ethnic variations in incidenc…[PMID: 16242029]
12: Dales R et al. The association between aller…[PMID: 16151885]
13: Migliore E et al. [Prevalence of asthma and all…[PMID: 16128552]
14: Chellini E et al. [Environmental, social and de…[PMID: 16128549]
15: Grandhe NP et al. Lepromatous leprosy and rever…[PMID: 16101878]
16: Watanabe M. Immunology goes global….[PMID: 15997478]
17: Gold DR et al. Immigration to the United Sta…[PMID: 15990770]
18: Greenfield RO et al. Screening for asthma in Canto…[PMID: 15904513]
19: Johnson M et al. Asthma prevalence and severit…[PMID: 15900417]
20: Monasta L. [Breathing difficulties and a…[PMID: 15732680]
21: Linneberg A. Hypothesis: urbanization and …[PMID: 15727592]
22: Geller-Bernstein C et al. Allergies in immigrants….[PMID: 15623247]
23: Reznik M et al. Asthma educational videoconfe…[PMID: 15603621]
24: Marker P et al. Plasma cell gingivitis appare…[PMID: 15552069]
25: Garza A et al. The health of the California …[PMID: 15269517]
26: Lwebuga-Mukasa JS et al. Association between traffic v…[PMID: 15260462]
27: Reznik M et al. Use of interactive videoconfe…[PMID: 15068650]
28: van Amsterdam JG et al. The prevalence of allergic se…[PMID: 14976393]
29: Ross RR et al. Lepromatous leprosy and rever…[PMID: 14636206]
30: Gibson PG et al. Migration to a western countr…[PMID: 12910582]
31: Klinnert MD et al. Morbidity patterns among low-…[PMID: 12837867]
32: Lee T et al. Asthma prevalence among inner…[PMID: 12766216]
33: Tedeschi A et al. Onset of allergy and asthma s…[PMID: 12680859]
34: Chen Y et al. Sex-related interactive effec…[PMID: 12449169]
35: Kalyoncu AF. Symptoms of asthma, bronchial…[PMID: 12030742]
36: Dervaderics M et al. Differences in the sensitisat…[PMID: 11990461]
37: Tobias A et al. Symptoms of asthma, bronchial…[PMID: 11589342]
38: Diepgen TL. Atopic dermatitis: the role o…[PMID: 11423873]
39: Shahar E et al. Prevalence of self-reported a…[PMID: 11303377]
40: Wellhoener P et al. Severe anaphylactic shock in …[PMID: 11126277]
41: Hjern A et al. Social adversity, migration a…[PMID: 10565458]
42: Powell CV et al. Respiratory symptoms and dura…[PMID: 10490527]
43: Hjern A et al. Age at adoption, ethnicity an…[PMID: 10478611]
44: Fryen A et al. Allergic fungal sinusitis cau…[PMID: 10473824]
45: Ormerod LP et al. Prevalence of asthma and ‘pro…[PMID: 10464843]
46: Chen Y et al. Increased effects of smoking …[PMID: 10430229]
47: Miller CS. Medicine’s blind spot….[PMID: 10212771]
48: Rosenberg R et al. An unusually high prevalence …[PMID: 10212770]
49: Ballin A et al. High rate of asthma among imm…[PMID: 9824830]
50: George S et al. A possible explanation for th…[PMID: 9155946]
51: Geller-Bernstein C. Genetic and environmental det…[PMID: 9443176]
52: Kalyoncu AF. Is immigration a prognostic f…[PMID: 8977522]
53: Kalyoncu AF. Possible explanation for the …[PMID: 8911710]
54: Wendt LK et al. Illness and use of medicines …[PMID: 8899952]
55: Jiva TM et al. Tropical pulmonary eosinophil…[PMID: 8833995]
56: Kordysh EA et al. Health effects in a casual sa…[PMID: 8529590]
57: Humeau S et al. Infantile acropustulosis in s…[PMID: 7501548]
58: Schreiber S. Migration, traumatic bereavem…[PMID: 7547610]
59: Kalyoncu AF. Prevalence of asthma and alle…[PMID: 7605306]
60: Leung RC et al. Asthma, allergy and atopy in …[PMID: 7935095]
61: de Montis G et al. [IgE-dependent hypersensitivi…[PMID: 7895105]
62: Wehner JH et al. The prevalence and response t…[PMID: 8082356]
63: Asseyr AF et al. Atopic sensitization in child…[PMID: 7850033]
64: Schulpen TW. [International and intercultu…[PMID: 8121529]
65: Kalyoncu AF et al. Survey on the allergic status…[PMID: 8328351]
66: Kalyoncu AF et al. Serum IgE levels and allergic…[PMID: 1443445]
67: Myers P et al. Increased asthma admission ra…[PMID: 1448584]
68: Chavernac P et al. [Apropos of a rare cause of t…[PMID: 1444160]
69: Sladden MJ et al. Ethnic differences in the pat…[PMID: 1794187]
70: Davidson RN et al. Adverse reactions in expatria…[PMID: 1976984]
71: Price JA. Nonpharmacologic means of pre…[PMID: 2117130]
72: Crane J et al. The relationships between ato…[PMID: 2809026]
73: Gillam SJ et al. Ethnic differences in consult…[PMID: 2508951]
74: Chavez JM et al. Mother-child interactions inv…[PMID: 3199293]
75: Ebrahim S et al. Elderly immigrants–a disadva…[PMID: 3630849]
76: Gustavsson P et al. Mortality and incidence of ca…[PMID: 3823802]
77: Ayres JG. Acute asthma in Asian patient…[PMID: 3790414]
78: Peat JK et al. Asthma and bronchitis in Sydn…[PMID: 7386448]
79: Partridge MR et al. Asthma in Asian immigrants….[PMID: 498492]
80: Smith JM. [Epidemiologic studies about …[PMID: 115072]
81: Smith JM. The prevalence of asthma and …[PMID: 952726]
82: Coffman DA et al. Incidence of hay fever in a N…[PMID: 4464353]
83: Mascherpa G. [Emigration, social evolution…[PMID: 4826396]
84: Asch AJ et al. Bronchial asthma in an Israel…[PMID: 4753842]
85: Ziegler JL et al. Tropical splenomegaly syndrom…[PMID: 4261176]
86: Musaph H. Introduction of the discussio…[PMID: 5520665]
87: Alter M. Etiologic considerations base…[PMID: 5698429]
88: Kawchak J. Prevention of allergic immuni…[PMID: 5900460]
89: TERESPOLSKY LS et al. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF HOSP…[PMID: 14261113]
90: HODGSON C et al. CHRONIC DRACUNCULOSIS….[PMID: 14155118]
91: FINE AJ et al. The period of sensitization i…[PMID: 13822846]
92: SOMEKH E. [Asthma among new immigrants …[PMID: 13162320]