A majority of parents of children with peanut allergy fear using the epinephrine auto-injector

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1605-1609

  Chad, L ^a   Ben Shoshan, M ^b   Asai, Y ^b   Cherkaoui, S ^c   Alizadehfar, R ^b   St Pierre, Y ^b   Harada, L ^d   Allen, M ^e   Clarke, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Anaphylaxis Canada   (Canada)

^e AllergyAsthma Information Association (AAIA)   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiology; epinephrine auto injectors; food allergy; peanut allergy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOINJECTOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL AGE; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SYRINGE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTORS; FOOD ALLERGY; PEANUT ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPINEPHRINE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84889597271     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12262     Document Type: Article

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