Nut allergy prevalence and differences between Asian-born children and Australian-born children of Asian descent: A state-wide survey of children at primary school entry in Victoria, Australia

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 602-609

  Panjari, M ^a   Koplin, J J ^a,b   Dharmage, S C ^a,b   Peters, R L ^a,b   Gurrin, L C ^a,b   Sawyer, S M ^a,b,c   Mcwilliam, V ^a,b,d   Eckert, J K ^a   Vicendese, D ^f   Erbas, B ^f   Matheson, M C ^a,b   Tang, M L K ^a,b,d   Douglass, J ^b   Ponsonby, A L ^a   Dwyer, T ^a,g   Goldfeld, S ^a,b,d   Allen, K J ^a,b,d,e  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Migration; Nut allergy; Peanut allergy; Prevalence; Tree nut allergy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BIRTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUT ALLERGY; PARENT; PEANUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL ENTRANT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84961634176     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12699     Document Type: Article

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