Are Food Allergies on the Rise, or Is It Misdiagnosis?

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Stein, Karen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ADDITIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NUT ALLERGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIET; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350439248     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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