title: [Food allergy as a total social fact: ethno-sociological approach].
abstract: In the last few years, both the general public and researchers have witnessed a new phenomenon: food allergies. It is said that such allergies are the illness of the century, yet it is clear that they have existed for a very long time. This paper will seek to show that a food allergy cannot be understood with out the society in which it occurs.
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authors.lastname: Aït Abdelmalek
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D005602:France; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007881:Legislation, Food; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012423:Rural Health; D012931:Social Environment