Food allergy in South Africa: Joining the food allergy epidemic?

Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Gray, Claudia ^a   Kung, Shiang Ju ^b,c  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIC; EPIGENETICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE FLORA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH ACID;

EID: 84861474458     PISSN: 16093607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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