The epidemiology of food allergy in Europe: protocol for a systematic review

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Nwaru, Bright I ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^b   Hickstein, Lennart ^c   Rader, Tamara ^d   Werfel, Thomas ^e   Muraro, Antonella ^f   Hoffmann Sommergruber, Karin ^g   Roberts, Graham ^h   Sheikh, Aziz ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Epidemiology; Food allergy; IgE mediated; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE FATALITY RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85006256333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-3-13     Document Type: Article

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