Food allergy: a problem on the increase.
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.
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Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK.
Mills
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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