Beyond Labelling: What Strategies Do Nut Allergic Individuals Employ to Make Food Choices? A Qualitative Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Barnett, Julie ^a   Vasileiou, Konstantina ^a   Gowland, M Hazel ^b   Raats, Monique M ^c   Lucas, Jane S ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Allergy Action   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUT ALLERGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; OBSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873873258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055293     Document Type: Article

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