Food allergy epidemic - Is it only a western phenomenon?

Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 121-126

  Van Der Poel, L ^a   Chen, J ^b   Penagos, M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

AFRICA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASIA; BODY BURDEN; CHESTNUT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; EGG ALLERGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MILK; MORBIDITY; PEANUT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SESAME; SKIN PRICK TEST; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

EID: 70349305425     PISSN: 16093607     EISSN: 16093607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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