title: Food allergy: a problem on the increase.
abstract: It is thought that around 33% of anaphylactic reactions are caused by food, with peanuts causing a quarter of these life-threatening episodes. Given that the severity of symptoms, and in particular the frequency of anaphylactic shock, appears to rise with age, this will produce a public health problem of increasing magnitude in the future.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D021183:Peanut Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy