Incidence, prevalence, and trends of general practitioner–recorded diagnosis of peanut allergy in England, 2001 to 2005
D Kotz, CR Simpson, A Sheikh - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous descriptions of the epidemiology of peanut allergy have mainly
been derived from small cross-sectional studies. OBJECTIVE: To interrogate a large national
research database to provide estimates for the incidence, prevalence, and trends of general
practitioner (GP)–recorded diagnosis of peanut allergy in the English population.
METHODS: Version 10 of the QRESEARCH database was used with data from 2,958,366
patients who were registered with 422 United Kingdom general practices in the years 2001 …
been derived from small cross-sectional studies. OBJECTIVE: To interrogate a large national
research database to provide estimates for the incidence, prevalence, and trends of general
practitioner (GP)–recorded diagnosis of peanut allergy in the English population.
METHODS: Version 10 of the QRESEARCH database was used with data from 2,958,366
patients who were registered with 422 United Kingdom general practices in the years 2001 …
