Confirmed prevalence of food allergy and non-allergic food hypersensitivity in a Mediterranean population


Gelincik A., Uy S. B., Guel H., Işık E., Issever H., Oezseker F., ...More

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY, vol.38, no.8, pp.1333-1341, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03019.x
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1333-1341
  • Keywords: cross-sectional study, epidemiology, food allergy, food challenge test, food hypersensitivity, ADVERSE-REACTIONS, REVISED NOMENCLATURE, INTOLERANCE, URTICARIA, COMMUNITY, ADDITIVES, CHILDREN, ADULTS
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Until the present, no comprehensive studies evaluating the prevalence of food allergy and non-allergic food hypersensitivity (FA/NAFH) in adults have been done in Turkey or its surrounding countries.