Food intolerance and childhood asthma: What is the link?

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Beausoleil, Janet L ^a   Fiedler, Joel ^a   Spergel, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EGG PROTEIN; FOOD ADDITIVE; FOOD ALLERGEN; SODIUM METABISULFITE; SULFITE;

ASTHMA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FATALITY; FOOD; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249807634     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200709030-00004     Document Type: Review

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