Classification and Prevalence of Food Hypersensitivity

Food Hypersensitivity: Diagnosing and Managing Food Allergies and Intolerance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-21

  Venter, Carina ^a,b  

^a David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'adverse food reactions', referring to untoward reaction following ingestion of food; Classification and prevalence of food hypersensitivity; Gell Coombs classification; IgE mediated food allergy; Monosodium glutamate (MSG) flavour enhancer; Non allergic food hypersensitivity; Non toxic reactions food allergy and food intolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949655125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444312119.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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