Confirmed prevalence of food allergy and non-allergic food hypersensitivity in a Mediterranean population

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1333-1341

  Gelincik, A ^a,b   Buyukozturk S ^b   Gul H ^b   Isik E ^b   Issever H ^b   Ozseker F ^b   Colakoglu B ^b   Dal, M ^b   Ayvaz, O ^b   Gungor G ^b   Akkor, A ^b  

^a Istanbul University ^*  (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Food allergy; Food challenge test; Food hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 47649094855     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03019.x     Document Type: Article

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