Prevalence of childhood eczema and food sensitization in the First Nations reserve of Natuashish, Labrador, Canada

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Forsey, Robert G P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EGG WHITE; FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MILK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SENSITIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; SENSITIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE; WHEAT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899134526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-76     Document Type: Article

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