Quality of life measures for food allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1014-1020

  Flokstra de Blok, B M J ^a   Dubois, A E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EUROPE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862552232     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03927.x     Document Type: Review

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