Severe allergic reactions to food in Norway: A ten year survey of cases reported to the Food Allergy Register

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3144-3155

  Namork, Ellen ^a   Fæste, Christiane K ^b   Stensby, Berit A ^a   Egaas, Eliann ^b   Løvik, Martinus ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food allergens; Food allergy register; IgE mediated reactions to food; Severe reactions to food

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CELERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HAZELNUT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LUPIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PEA; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SALMON; SEX RATIO; SHRIMP; SOYBEAN; TREND STUDY;

CORYLUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 80052186021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8083144     Document Type: Article

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