Parent-reported adverse food reactions in Hong Kong Chinese pre-schoolers: Epidemiology, clinical spectrum and risk factors

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-346

  Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Yung, Edmund ^a   Wong, Yun Sze ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Food allergy; Pre school children; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BEEF; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GROUPS BY AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NUT; PEANUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHELLFISH;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66249091602     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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