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The role of genetics and environment in the rise of childhood food allergy.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jan 2012
Tan T H-T, Ellis J A, Saffery R, Allen K J
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Food allergy is a growing clinical and public health problem world-wide. The rising incidence is occurring more rapidly than changes to the genome sequence would allow, but it is yet to be determined whether environmental factors might act in interaction with genetic risk. That is to say, are environmental factors more likely to affect those genetically at risk? Family history is a strong risk factor for the...
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