Extremely low prevalence of epinephrine autoinjectors in high-risk food-allergic adolescents in Dutch high schools

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-377

  Flokstra de Blok, Bertine M J ^a   Doriene van Ginkel, C ^a   Roerdink, Emmy M ^a   Kroeze, Maartje A J M ^a   Stel, Ashling A ^a   van der Meulen, Gerbrich N ^a   Dubois, Anthony E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autoinjector; Epinephrine; Food allergy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FOOD ALLERGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF INJECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SELF-HELP DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955506635     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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