Household costs associated with objectively diagnosed allergy to staple foods in children and adolescents

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-75

  Protudjer, Jennifer L P ^a   Jansson, Sven Arne ^a,b   Heibert Arnlind, Marianne ^a,c   Bengtsson, Ulf ^d   Kallström Bengtsson, Ingrid ^e   Marklund, Birgitta ^f   Middelveld, Roelinde ^a   Rentzos, Georgios ^d   Sundqvist, Ann Charlotte ^g   Åkerström, Johanna ^d   Östblom, Eva ^a,g   Dahlén, Sven Erik ^a   Ahlstedt, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation   (Sweden)

^f LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

95 CI; AAI; Adolescents; Children; Direct costs; EQ 5D; FA EcoQ; Food allergy; HRQL; IgE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGG ALLERGY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MILK ALLERGY; NEWBORN; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; WHEAT ALLERGY; ECONOMICS; FOOD ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84920861918     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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