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Infantile Peanut Introduction and Peanut Allergy in Regions With a Low Prevalence of Peanut Allergy: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)
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Reiji Kojima, Ryoji Shinohara, Megumi Kushima, Hideki Yui, Sanae Otawa, Sayaka Horiuchi, Kunio Miyake, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Yuka Akiyama, Tadao Ooka, Zentaro Yamagata, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
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- The prevalence of peanut allergy and the effect of infantile peanut introduction for the Japanese population were investigated.
- The prevalence of peanut allergy at 4 years of age was 0.2 % based on the Japan Environment and Children’s Study.
- The effect of infantile peanut introduction on peanut allergy prevention was unclear.
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