The Hazards of Kissing When You Are Food Allergic: A Survey on the Occurrence of Kiss-Induced Allergic Reactions among 1139 Patients with Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-154

  Eriksson, Nils E ^a,b   Moller C ^b   Werner, S ^c   Magnusson, J ^d   Bengtsson, U ^d  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Pediatrics ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Food allergy; Food hypersensitivity; Indirect contacts; Kissing; Social problems

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EATING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KISS INDUCED ALLERGY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INCIDENCE; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 0242473783     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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