Alergia na pokarmy w Polsce na tle innych krajów Europy - wyniki projektu EuroPrevall.

Food allergy is a significant medical and social problem. Despite numerous scientific publications, complete epidemiological data are lacking. In order to provide good quality data from European countries, the EuroPrevall project - a multicentre international cohort study - was established. The study concerned epidemiology, diagnostic methods, allergy phenotypes, and socio-economic issues. The results of the research have been published in a number of original publications, and the aim of this work is to summarize the scientific reports contained therein and to compare the characteristics of food allergy in Poland against other European countries. Reports on allergies to selected following food groups were summarized: cow's milk, hen's egg, peanuts, hazelnuts, kiwi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]