Food allergy in Ghanaian schoolchildren: Data on sensitization and reported food allergy

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-73

  Obeng, Benedicta B ^a,c   Amoah, Abena S ^c   Larbi, Irene A ^c   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a   Van Ree, Ronald ^b   Boakye, Daniel A ^c   Hartgers, Franca C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Food allergy; Immunoglobulin E; Schoolchildren; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENICITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; BANANA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MANGO; ORANGE (FRUIT); PEANUT ALLERGY; PINEAPPLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANANAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649321820     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318704     Document Type: Article

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