Health-related quality of life of food allergic patients measured with generic and disease-specific questionnaires

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1031-1038

  Flokstra De Blok, B M J ^a   Van Der Velde, J L ^a   Vlieg Boerstra, B J ^a   Oude Elberink, J N G ^b   Dunngalvin, A ^c   Hourihane, J O B ^c   Duiverman, E J ^a   Dubois, A E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disease specific questionnaires; EuroPrevall; Food allergy; Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (FAQLQ); Generic questionnaires; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954335928     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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