Strategies to prevent or reduce allergic disease

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 28-42

  Prescott, Susan ^a   Nowak Wgrzyn, Anna ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy prevention; Breastfeeding; Dietary factors; Food allergens; Food allergy; Pollutants; Prebiotics; Pregnancy; Prenatal factors; Probiotics; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; FOOD ALLERGEN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LIFESTYLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; WHEEZING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; DIET; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84455181506     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334150     Document Type: Article

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