Real-life epidemiology of food allergy testing in Finnish children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Pyrhönen, Kaisa ^a,b,c   Hiltunen, Liisa ^a,c,d   Näyhä, Simo ^a,e   Läärä, Esa ^a   Kaila, Minna ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b South Karelia District of Social and Health Services   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Health Centre of Oulu   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Cohort; Diagnostic tests; Epidemiology; Food allergy; Population

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955503966     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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