Food allergy knowledge of parents - is ignorance bliss?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 567-573

  Goossens, Nicole J ^a   Flokstra de Blok, Bertine M J ^a   van der Meulen, Gerbrich N ^b   Botjes, Erna ^c   Burgerhof, Hans G M ^a   Gupta, Ruchi S ^d,e   Springston, Elizabeth E ^d,e   Smith, Bridget ^f,g   Duiverman, Eric J ^a   Dubois, Anthony E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Food Allergy Foundation   (Netherlands)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Food allergy; Knowledge; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT KNOWLEDGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDES; BELIEFS; FOOD ALLERGY; KNOWLEDGE; PARENTS;

CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883151993     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12099     Document Type: Article

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