The impact of government advice to pregnant mothers regarding peanut avoidance on the prevalence of peanut allergy in United Kingdom children at school entry

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1197-1202

  Hourihane, Jonathan O'Brien ^a,b   Aiken, Rachel ^c   Briggs, Rita ^a   Gudgeon, Lesley A ^a   Grimshaw, Kate E C ^a   DunnGalvin, Audrey ^b   Roberts, Stephen R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; children; double blind; peanut allergy; placebo controlled food challenge; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PEANUT ALLERGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCREENING; SENSITIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34247465686     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.12.670     Document Type: Article

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