Low preparedness for food allergy as perceived by school staff: A EuroPrevall survey across Europe

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Le, Thuy My ^a   Kummeling, Ischa ^a,b   Dixon, Danielle ^b   Barreales Tolosa, Laura ^c   Ballmer Weber, Barbara ^d   Clausen, Michael ^e   Gowland, M Hazel ^f   Majkowska Wojciechowska, Barbara ^g   Mustakov, Tihomir ^h   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^i,j   Knulst, André C ^a   Potts, James ^b   Stukas, Rimantas ^k   Burney, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f Allergy Action and Anaphylaxis Campaign UK   (United Kingdom)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^k VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULGARIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ALLERGY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ICELAND; LITHUANIA; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; CHILD; CIVIL DEFENSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; CHILD; CIVIL DEFENSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904051610     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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