Health sector costs of self-reported food allergy in Europe: A patient-based cost of illness study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 757-762

  Fox, Margaret ^a   Mugford, Miranda ^b   Voordouw, Jantine ^c   Cornelisse Vermaat, Judith ^c   Antonides, Gerrit ^c   De La Hoz Caballer, Belen ^d   Cerecedo, Inma ^e   Zamora, Javier ^d   Rokicka, Ewa ^f   Jewczak, Maciej ^f   Clark, Allan B ^a   Kowalski, Marek L ^g   Papadopoulos, Nikos ^h   Knulst, Anna C ⁱ   Seneviratne, Suranjith ^j   Belohlavkova, Simona ^k   Asero, Roberto ^l   De Blay, Frederic ^m   Purohit, Ashok ^m   Clausen, Michael ⁿ   Flokstra De Blok, Bertine ^o   Dubois, Anthony E ^p   Fernandez Rivas, Montserrat ^q   Burney, Peter ^r   Frewer, Lynn J ^c,s   Mills, Clare E N ^t,u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e Hospital del Sureste   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^l Ambulatorio di Allergologia   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

ⁿ LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^o UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^q HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^r IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^t INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874735166     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt010     Document Type: Article

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