Susan Prescott

The Allergy Epidemic (eBook, ePUB)

A mystery of modern life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why is allergic disease increasing so rapidly, especially in young infants? What are the environmental factors contributing to this? What is going wrong with the immune system and can we prevent it? When is it safe to give children peanut products? What are the current treatment options for allergies? What is epigenetics? Where is the research headed? Drawing on the latest research, The Allergy Epidemic provides clear, no-nonsense answers in the very personable style Dr Susan Prescott's patients have come to expect.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: UWA Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781742583303
• Artikelnr.: 37931031

Autorenporträt

Dr Susan Prescott is an internationally renowned specialist in childhood allergy and immunology. She works as a Paediatric Allergist and Immunologist at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Western Australia. Her contributions in the area of allergy and early immune development have already been translated into novel concepts and lead to a paradigm shift in the pathogenesis of allergic disease. Susan is widely published and has been awarded eight fellowships including a Winston Churchill award. The National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) '10 of the Best Research Projects 2010' profiles her work as among Australia's best research projects.