Food allergy epidemic: Can we reverse the trend?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-6

  Katz, Yizhak ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Food allergy; Immunoglobulin E; Oral food challenge; Oral immunotherapy; Tolerance induction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; AWARENESS; BREAST MILK; CELIAC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFANT FEEDING; MALNUTRITION; MILK; MORTALITY; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEANUT ALLERGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84855870620     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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