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Temperament and allergic symptoms.
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1991
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Environmental AllergyAllergy MedicineSocial PsychologyAllergenPsychologySocial SciencesAtopic AllergiesAnaphylaxisAllergy PreventionBehavioral SciencesAllergyAllergic SymptomsChild DevelopmentSocial BehaviorSocial AnxietyFood AllergiesSecond Degree RelativesMedicineClinical AllergyPsychopathology
Two independent studies of the first and second degree relatives of extremely shy versus sociable children revealed greater prevalence of hayfever and social anxiety among the relatives of the former group of children. These data, which are in accord with other research, imply a genetically mediated relation between social anxiety and selected atopic allergies.