A EuroPrevall review of factors affecting incidence of peanut allergy: Priorities for research and policy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 797-809

  Boulay, A ^a   Houghton, J ^a   Gancheva, V ^b   Sterk, Y ^b   Strada, A ^c   Schlegel Zawadzka, M ^c   Sora, B ^d   Sala, R ^d   Van Ree, R ^e   Rowe, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Association APPEL EUROPA   (Bulgaria)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Peanuts; Prevalence; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 45149093310     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01776.x     Document Type: Review

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