Food hypersensitivity among Caucasian and non-Caucasian children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-89

  Dias, Renuka P ^a   Summerfield, Alison ^a   Khakoo, G A ^a  

^a Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Ethnicity; Food; Hypersensitivity; IgE

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EGG ALLERGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIWIFRUIT; LEGUME; LENTIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38149048338     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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