Prevalence of food allergy among preschool children in northern Thailand

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-243

  Lao Araya, Mongkol ^a   Trakultivakorn, Muthita ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

children; food allergy; food challenge; prevalence; Thailand

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANT EGG; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHICKEN EGG; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG ALLERGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SHRIMP; THAILAND; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 84859897739     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03544.x     Document Type: Article

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