Household peanut consumption as a risk factor for the development of peanut allergy

Fox AT, Sasieni P, Du Toit G, Syed H, Lack G. "Household peanut consumption as a risk factor for the development of peanut allergy." J Allergy Clin Immunol 123 (2009): 417-423.

This is an article which describes a study conducted to determine if household peanut consumption is a risk factor in developing an allergy to peanuts. I especially enjoyed this paper because it is a study report and is quite relevant to the things we've been doing in this class. The paper is divided into some of the following sections: method (study design), cases and high-risk controls, questionnaire, and statistical analyses. Although the paper discusses my topic, peanut allergies, I was more intrigued by seeing our lessons in action.
The main focus of this paper discusses aspects of peanut allergy which weren't factors when my children were infants. There is evidence, not necessarily conclusive, that high levels of environmental exposure (non-oral) to peanuts during infancy seem to promote sensitization and low levels may be protective. Another interesting topic is that maternal ingestion of peanuts during pregnancy or lactation doesn't seem to have an effect on the development of allergy in infancy.
My research paper will benefit from the information in this article. The authors are well-respected and cited often in the articles I am reading.