Regional variation in epinephrine autoinjector prescriptions in Australia: More evidence for the vitamin D-anaphylaxis hypothesis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 488-495

  Mullins, Raymond James ^a,b,c   Clark, Sunday ^d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^e  

^a John James Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPINEPHRINE AUTOINJECTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LATITUDE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 74749092908     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60265-7     Document Type: Article

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