IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2446: Food Allergy Prevalence in Salvadoran Schoolchildren Estimated by Parent-Report

Authors: Francisco Cabrera-Chávez Cecilia Ivonne Rodríguez-Bellegarrigue Oscar Gerardo Figueroa-Salcido Jesús Aristeo Lopez-Gallardo Jesús Gilberto Arámburo-Gálvez Marcela de Jesús Vergara-Jiménez Mónica Lizzette Castro-Acosta Norberto Sotelo-Cruz Martina Hilda Gracia-Valenzuela Noé Ontiveros The prevalence of food allergy (FA) has not been estimated at a population level in Central American countries and, consequently, the magnitude and relevance of the problem in the Central American region remains unknown. Thus, our aim was to evaluate the parent-reported prevalence of FA in a population of schoolchildren from the Central American country El Salvador. A Spanish version of a structured questionnaire was utilized. Five hundred and eight (508) parents retu...

from #Head and Neck by Sfakianakis via simeraentaxei on Inoreader https://ift.tt/2RsrTQk