Primary prevention of food allergy in children and adults: Systematic review

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 581-589

  De Silva, D ^a   Geromi, M ^a   Halken, S ^b   Host, A ^b   Panesar, S S ^c   Muraro, A ^d   Werfel, T ^e   Hoffmann Sommergruber, K ^f   Roberts, G ^g,h,i   Cardona, V ^j   Dubois, A E J ^k   Poulsen, L K ^l   Van Ree, R ^m   Vlieg Boerstra, B ⁿ   Agache, I ^o   Grimshaw, K ⁱ   O'Mahony, L ^p   Venter, C ^q   Arshad, S H ^g   Sheikh, Aziz ^c,r  

^a Evidence Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁿ EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^o TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^r BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

breastfeeding; food allergy; prevention; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CASEIN;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EXPERT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MILK; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOYBEAN MILK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84898447268     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12334     Document Type: Review

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