Food allergy and quality of life: What have we learned?

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 651-661

  Van Der Velde, Jantina L ^a   Dubois, Anthony E J ^a   Flokstra De Blok, Bertine M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Health related quality of life; HRQL; Interventions

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY IMPACT SCALE; FOOD ALLERGY PARENT QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE PARENTAL BURDEN QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEENAGERS; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES ADULT FORM; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES CHILD FORM; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES PARENT FORM CHILDREN; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES PARENT FORM TEENAGER; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRES TEENAGER FORM; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY FAMILY IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEDIATRIC FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

CULTURE; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84890448646     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-013-0391-7     Document Type: Article

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