The South African Food Sensitisation and Food Allergy population-based study of IgE-mediated food allergy: Validity, safety, and acceptability

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-119

  Basera, Wisdom ^a   Botha, Maresa ^a   Gray, Claudia L ^a   Lunjani, Nonhlanhla ^a   Watkins, Alexandra S M ^a,b   Venter, Carina ^c,d   Allen, Katrina J ^e,f   Hlela, Carol ^a   Zar, Heather J ^a   Levin, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Karolinska University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E MEDIATED FOOD ALLERGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICAN; VALIDITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLERGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84938741040     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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