The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 117, Issue 5 , Pages 1118-1124 , May 2006

Incidence of parentally reported and clinically diagnosed food hypersensitivity in the first year of life

  • Carina Venter, BSc

      Affiliations

    • From the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
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  • Brett Pereira, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • From the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
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  • Jane Grundy, RN

      Affiliations

    • From the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
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  • C. Bernie Clayton, RM

      Affiliations

    • From the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
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  • Graham Roberts, DM

      Affiliations

    • From the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
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  • Bernie Higgins, BSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth
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  • Taraneh Dean, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
    • School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Taraneh Dean, PhD, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, St George's Building, 141 High Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2HY, United Kingdom.

Received 28 July 2005 ,Revised 7 December 2005 ,Accepted 30 December 2005.

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 Supported by the Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom (grant #T07023).Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(06)00168-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.12.1352

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 117, Issue 5 , Pages 1118-1124 , May 2006

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