Birth order effect on childhood food allergy

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-254

  Kusunoki, Takashi ^a,b   Mukaida, Kumiko ^a,c   Morimoto, Takeshi ^b   Sakuma, Mio ^b   Yasumi, Takahiro ^b   Nishikomori, Ryuta ^b   Heike, Toshio ^b  

^a Shiga Medical Center for Children   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kumiko Allergy Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Birth order; Epidemiology; Food allergy; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84859869500     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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