Availability of the epinephrine autoinjector at school in children with peanut allergy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-575

  Ben Shoshan, Moshe ^a,e   Kagan, Rhoda ^b   Primeau, Marie Noël ^a   Alizadehfar, Reza ^a   Verreault, Nina ^a   Yu, Joyce W ^a   Nicolas, Nathalie ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^a,c   Turnbull, Elizabeth ^c   Dufresne, Ciaire ^d   St Pierre, Yvan ^a   Clarke, Ann ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Association Quebecoise des Allergies Alimentaires   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF INJECTION;

EID: 45149120456     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60056-7     Document Type: Article

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