Food allergy: an overview.
Open Access
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 111 (2) , 223-225
Abstract
Food allergy affects between 5% and 7.5% of children and between 1% and 2% of adults. The greater prevalence of food allergy in children reflects both the increased predisposition of children to develop food allergies and the development of immunologic ...Keywords
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