Epidemiology of anaphylaxis

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-320

  Lieberman, Phil ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Campbell Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Drug reactions; Epidemiology; Food allergy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ALLERGEN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT STING; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAST CELL; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; SOCIAL STATUS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50649087171     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3283036a69     Document Type: Review

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