Prevalence of food allergies in students of a medicine course: a prospective observational cross-sectional cohort study
Marina Batistela,
Artur Favero Martinasso,
Fernanda Romanini Lopes
et al.
Abstract:Food allergy can be defined as an adverse reaction to a food antigen mediated by fundamentally immunological mechanisms. It is a nutritional problem that has grown in recent decades, probably due to the greater exposure of the population to a greater number of available food allergens. It is becoming a worldwide health problem, associated with a significant negative impact on quality of life. Therefore, the assessment of the prevalence of food allergies in medical students in UNIFIPA is to identify the foods w… Show more
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