Regional variation in infant hypoallergenic formula prescriptions in Australia

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Mullins, Raymond J ^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

Epidemiology; Food allergy; Infant formula; Latitude; Longitude; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT HYPOALLERGENIC FORMULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SUNLIGHT; TASMANIA; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77950196204     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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