Comparison of food allergy prevalence among Chinese infants in Chongqing, 2009 versus 1999

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 820-824

  Hu, Yan ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Li, Haiqi ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

comparison; cross sectional study; food allergy; prevalence

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD CHALLENGE TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957363655     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03166.x     Document Type: Article

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