The prevalence and characteristics of food allergy in urban minority children.

CONCLUSION: This is the largest study of food allergy prevalence in an urban minority pediatric population, and 3.4% had physician-documented food allergy. Significantly more blacks were affected than children of other races. Fewer than half of food-allergic children in this population had confirmatory testing or evaluation by an allergy specialist. PMID: 23176883 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - December 1, 2012 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Taylor-Black S, Wang J Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research