Food alergy in Africa: Myth or rality?

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 241-249

  Kung, Shiang Ju ^a,b   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^b,c   Gray, Claudia ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^d RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^e Vincent Palotti Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Food allergy; Hygiene hypothesis; Review

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BOTSWANA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGO; FOOD ALLERGY; GHANA; HUMAN; KENYA; MD CONSULT; MEDLINE; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA; OKRA; PINEAPPLE; REVIEW; SCHOLARLY GOOGLE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; TUNISIA; WORM; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84902547736     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8341-z     Document Type: Review

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