Viewpoint: The future of research in pediatric allergy: What should the focus be?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Van Bever, Hugo P S ^a   Lee, Bee Wah ^a   Shek, Lynette ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Eczema; Pediatrics; Rhinitis; Viewpoint

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FISH OIL; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIAL LOAD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DESENSITIZATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MITE; PET ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DRUG DISCOVERY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863015999     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Review

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