Uncertainties Page: Does avoidance of peanuts in early life reduce the risk of peanut allergy?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7746, 2010, Pages 593-594

  McLean, Susannah ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DIET RESTRICTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATION; PEANUT ALLERGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; DIET; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEANUT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77949383277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c424     Document Type: Short Survey

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