Social and economic costs of food allergies in europe: Development of a questionnaire to measure costs and health utility

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1662-1678

  Fox, Margaret ^a   Voordouw, Jantine ^b   Mugford, Miranda ^c   Cornelisse, Judith ^b   Antonides, Gerrit ^b   Frewer, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; EuroPrevall; Food allergies; Health care costs; Health economics; Survey and research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 69749084678     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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