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Article: Does Affluence Affect Allergy Preparedness?
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Although food allergy is a health problem of growing societal concern, it has generated little research activity in Canada. Peanut allergy, which causes most severe, foodnduced allergic reactions, develops in early childhood, usually persists lifelong, and can be precipitated by contact with only minute quantities of peanut,1-10 making the risk of accidental exposure considerable.11-15 The severity of allergic manifestations can vary with each exposure and thus even children with mild manifestations initially are at risk of lifethreatening reactions with subsequent contacts.1,3,4,7,16 Despite ongoing efforts to develop immunomodulatory therapies which will attenuate and possibly even ...
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