Health-related quality of life, assessed with a disease-specific questionnaire, in Swedish adults suffering from well-diagnosed food allergy to staple foods

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation   (Sweden)

^f LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Food allergy; Health related quality of life; Instrument; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; EPINEPHRINE AUTOINJECTOR; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; ORAL ALLERGY SYNDROME; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDISH CITIZEN; SYMPTOM; WHEAT;

EID: 85006154543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-3-21     Document Type: Article

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