Race, Ancestry, and Food Allergen Risks

Sep 06, 2011

In a paper published online in advance in Pediatrics this week, a team led by investigators at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago shows that food-allergen sensitization varies according to self-identified race or genetic ancestry.

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