The EuroPrevall surveys on the prevalence of food allergies in children and adults: Background and study methodology

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1493-1497

  Kummeling, I ^a   Mills, E N C ^b   Clausen, M ^c   Dubakiene, R ^d   Pérez, C Farnãndez ^e   Fernandez Rivas M ^e   Knulst, A C ^f   Kowalski, M L ^g   Lidholm, J ^h   Le, T M ^f   Metzler, C ⁱ   Mustakov, T ^j   Popov, T ^j   Potts, J ^a   Van Ree, R ^k   Sakellariou, A ^l   Tondury B ⁱ   Tzannis, K ^l   Burney, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^h Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^k ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Adults; Children; EuroPrevall; Food allergy; Methods

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 70349216590     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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