A population-based questionnaire survey on the prevalence of peanut, tree nut, and shellfish allergy in 2 Asian populations

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Shek, Lynette Pei Chi ^a   Cabrera Morales, Elizabeth Ann ^b   Soh, Shu E ^a   Gerez, Irvin ^a   Ng, Pau Zhing ^a   Yi, Fong Cheng ^a   Ma, Stefan ^c   Lee, Bee Wah ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Asian Hospital and Medical Center   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Asia; Epinephrine autoinjectors; Food allergy; Peanut allergy; Philippines; Shellfish allergy; Singapore; Tree nut allergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955925164     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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