Quality-of-life assessment in Chinese families with food-allergic children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 890-896

  Leung, T F ^a   Yung, E ^a   Wong, Y S ^a   Li, C Y ^a   Wong, G W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adverse food reaction; Children; Chinese; Factor analysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHINESE FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE PARENTAL BURDEN QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; EGG ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; NURSERY SCHOOL; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66149100470     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03192.x     Document Type: Article

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