A differing pattern of association between dietary fish and allergen-specific subgroups of atopy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 671-677

  Andreasyan, Karen ^a   Ponsonby, A L ^a,b   Dwyer, T ^b   Kemp, A ^c   Dear, K ^a   Cochrane, J ^b   Carmichael, A ^d  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Fish; Hay fever; House dust mite; Phenotype; Ryegrass

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGEN EXPOSURE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIET; DUST; EPITOPES; FISHES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOLIUM; MITES; ODDS RATIO; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 17644380230     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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