Is maternal age at delivery related to childhood food allergy?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Dioun, Anahita F ^a   Kim Harris, Sion ^a   Hibberd, Patricia L ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Food hypersensitivity; Maternal age; Prevalence; RAST; Skin test

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0042430338     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2003.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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