Factors affecting the determination of threshold doses for allergenic foods: How much is too much?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-30

  Taylor, Steve L ^a   Hefle, Susan L ^b   Bindslev Jensen, Carsten ^c   Bock, S Allan ^d   Burks Jr , A Wesley ^e   Christie, Lynn ^b   Hill, David J ^f   Host, Arne ^g   Hourihane, Jonathan O'B ^h   Lack, Gideon ⁱ   Metcalfe, Dean D ^a   Moneret Vautrin, Denise Anne ^a   Vadas, Peter A ^a   Rance, Fabienne ^a   Skrypec, Daniel J ^a   Trautman, Thomas A ^a   Yman, Ingrid Malmheden ^a   Zeiger, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Boulder Valley Asthma and Allergy Clinic   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Melbourne Children's Hospital   (Australia)

^f SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Challenge; Food; Threshold dose

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CONSUMER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; FISH; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH HAZARD; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MILK; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036157496     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.120564     Document Type: Article

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