Abstract
From 1981 to 1984, we studied school children living in Sinagawa Ward, Enzan City and the suburbs of Enzan to know whether our life environment influence the incidence of allergic rhinitis or not.
As a result, the prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis in Shinagawa Ward was the highest. But it was not clear if environment affects the incidence of allengic rhinitis, and if air pollution in Shinagawa Ward had some role. So we studied school children living in Enzan City and the suburbs, we understood that the prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis increased by expansion of the city and rise in population. Changing in life style to European and American may have had some role.
In this research, we found that our life environment may influence the incidence of allergic rhinitis.
