Diet and allergic diseases among population aged 0 to 18 years: Myth or reality?

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3399-3423

  Saadeh, Danielle ^a   Salameh, Pascale ^a   Baldi, Isabelle ^b   Raherison, Chantal ^b,c  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Atopic diseases; Children; Diet; Dietary patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD ATOPIC DISEASE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 84883404365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5093399     Document Type: Review

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