A hospital-based survey on food allergy in the population of Kolkata, India

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 218-221

  Dey, Debarati ^a   Ghosh, Nandini ^a   Pandey, Naren ^b   Bhattacharya, Swati Gupta ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Belle Vue Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Age group; Allergens; Food allergy; Questionnaire; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; APPLE; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BANANA; BEAN; BEEF; CABBAGE; CAULIFLOWER; CEREAL; CHICKEN MEAT; CHICKPEA; CITRUS FRUIT; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUCUMBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD ALLERGY; GARLIC; GINGER; GRAPE; GROUPS BY AGE; GUAVA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LENTIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANGO; MILK; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MUNG BEAN; MUSHROOM; MUSTARD; MUTTON; ONION; PAPAYA; PEANUT; POTATO LATE BLIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RADISH; RASH; RICE; SENSITIZATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN TEST; SNEEZING; SOYBEAN; SPINACH; SQUASH; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; WHEAT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906039619     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365629     Document Type: Article

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