Socio-economic status, geographic remoteness and childhood food allergy and anaphylaxis in Australia

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1523-1532

  Mullins, R J ^a,b,c   Clark, S ^d   Camargo Jr , C 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

anaphylaxis; Australia; epidemiology; EpiPen; food allergy; geographic remoteness; infant hypoallergenic formula; rural; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD FOOD ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; EPINEPHRINE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956524601     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03573.x     Document Type: Article

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