The influence of perceived benefits on acceptance of GM applications for allergy prevention

References

• Aberg , N. , Hesselmar , B. , Aberg , B. and Eriksson , B. 1995 . Increase of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Swedish schoolchildren between 1979 and 1991 . Clinical and experimental allergy , 25 : 815 – 819 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhalla , P. L. , Swoboda , I. and Singh , M. B. 1999 . Antisense-mediated silencing of a gene encoding a major ryegrass pollen allergen . Proceedings of the national academy of science of the USA , 96 : 11676 – 11680 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bohle , B. , Radakovics , A. , Jahn-Schmid , B. , Hoffmann-Sommergruber , K. , Fischer , G. F. and Ebner , C. 2003 . Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen, initiates sensitization to Api g 1, the major allergen in celery: evidence at the T cell level . European journal of immunology , 33 : 3303 – 3310 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bolhaar , S. T.H.P. , Van De Weg , W. E. , Van Ree , R. , Gonzalez-Macebo , E. , Zuidmeer , L. Bruijnzeel-Koomen , C. A.F.M. 2005 . In vivo assessment with prick-to-prick testing and double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge of allergenicity of apple cultivars . Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 116 : 1080 – 1086 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fagan , J. K. , Scheff , P. A. , Hryhorczuk , D. , Ramakrishnan , V. , Ross , M. and Persky , V. 2001 . Prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in an adolescent population: association with gender and race . Annals of allergy, asthma and immunology , 86 : 77 – 184 .
   Google Scholar
• Fernandez-Rivas , M. and Miles , S. 2004 . “ Food allergies: Clinical and psychosocial perspectives ” . In Plant food allergies , Edited by: Mills , E. N.C. and Shewry , P. R. 1 – 23 . Oxford : Blackwell .
   Google Scholar
• Ferreira , F. , Hawranek , T. , Gruber , P. , Wopfner , N. and Mari , A. 2004 . Allergic cross-reactivity: from gene to the clinic . Allergy , 59 : 243 – 267 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Finucane , M. L. , Slovic , P. , Mertz , C. K. , Flynn , J. and Satterfield , T. A. 2000 . Gender, race, and perceived risk: the ‘white male’ effect . Health, risk & society , 2 : 159 – 172 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Frewer , L. 2000 . Riskperception and risk communication about food safety issues . Nutrition bulletin , 25 : 31 – 33 .
   Google Scholar
• Frewer , L. 2003 . Societal issues and public attitudes towards genetically modified foods . Trends, food science & technology , 14 : 319 – 332 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Frewer , L. , Howard , C. and Shepherd , R. 1997 . Public concerns in the United Kingdom and specific applications of genetic engineering: risk, benefit, and ethics . Science, technology & human values , 22 : 98 – 124 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fritsch , R. , Bohle , B. , Vollmann , U. , Wiedermann , U. , Jahn-Schmid , B. Krebitz , M. 1998 . Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen, and Mal d 1, the major apple allergen, cross-react at the level of allergen-specific T helper cells . Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 102 : 679 – 686 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gaskell , G. , Allansdottir , A. , Allum , N. , Corchero , C. , Fischler , C. Hampel , J. 2006 . Europeans and biotechnology in 2005: Patterns and trends, Eurobarometer 64.3 Available at http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb_special_en.htm
   Google Scholar
• Gilissen , L. J.W.J. , Bolhaar , S. T.H. , Matos , C. I. , Rouwendal , G. J.A. , Boone , M. J. Krens , F. A. 2005 . Silencing the major apple allergen Mal d 1 by using the RNA interference approach . Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 115 : 364 – 369 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman , R. E. , Hefle , S. L. , Taylor , S. L. and Van Ree , R. 2005 . Assessing genetically modified crops to minimize the risk of increased food allergy: a review . International archives of allergy and immunology , 137 : 153 – 166 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gowland , M. H. 2001 . Food allergen avoidance – the patient's viewpoint . Allergy , 56 : 117 – 120 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Herman , E. M. , Helm , R. M. , Jung , R. and Kinney , A. J. 2003 . Genetic modification removes an immunodominant allergen from soybean . Plant physiology , 132 : 36 – 43 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hourihane , J. O'B. 2001 . The threshold concept in food safety and its applicability to food allergy . Allergy , 56 : S86 – S90 .
   Google Scholar
• Juniper , E. F. and Guyatt , G. H. 1991 . Development and testing of a new measure of health-status for clinical-trials in Rhinoconjunctivitis . Clinical and experimental allergy , 21 : 77 – 83 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Juniper , E. F. , Thompson , A. K. , Ferrie , P. J. and Roberts , J. N. 2000 . Development and validation of the Mini Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire . Clinical and experimental allergy , 30 : 132 – 140 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Knibb , R. C. , Armstrong , A. , Booth , D. A. , Platts , R. G. , Booth , I. W. and Macdonald , A. 1999 . Psychological characteristics of people with perceived food intolerance in a community sample . Journal of psychosomatic research , 47 : 545 – 554 .
   Google Scholar
• Lemmetyinen , J. , Keikonen , K. and Sopanen , T. 2004 . Prevention of the flowering of a tree, silver birch . Molecular breeding , 13 : 243 – 249 .
   Google Scholar
• Marklund , B. , Ahlstedt , S. and Nordström , G. 2004 . Health-related quality of life among adolescents with allergy-like conditions – with emphasis on food hypersensitivity . Health and quality of life outcomes , 2 : 65
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mccabe , M. , Lyons , R. A. , Hodgeson , P. , Griffiths , G. and Jones , R. 2001 . Management of peanut allergy . Lancet , 357 : 1531 – 1532 .
   Google Scholar
• Meltzer , E. O. 2001 . Quality of life in adults and children with allergic rhinitis . Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 108 : S45 – S53 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miles , S. and Frewer , L. J. 2001 . Investigating specific concerns about different food hazards . Food quality and preference , 12 : 47 – 61 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miles , S. , Brennan , M. , Kuznesof , S. , Ness , M. , Ritson , C. and Frewer , L. J. 2004 . Public worry about specific food safety issues . British food journal , 106 : 9 – 22 .
   Google Scholar
• Miles , S. , Fordham , R. , Mills , C. , Valovirta , E. and Mugford , M. 2005 . A framework for measuring costs to society of IgE-mediated food allergy . Allergy , 60 : 996 – 1003 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mills , E. N.C. , Valovirta , E. , Madsen , C. , Taylor , S. L. , Vieths , S. Anklam , E. 2004 . Information provision for allergic consumers – where are we going with food allergen labelling? . Allergy , 59 : 1262 – 1268 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Petrovska , N. , Wu , X. , Donato , R. , Wang , Z. , Ong , E. K. Jones , E. 2005 . Transgenic ryegrasses (Lolium spp.) with down-regulation of main pollen allergens . Molecular breeding , 14 : 489 – 501 .
   Google Scholar
• Pastorello , E. A. , Pravettoni , V. , Farioli , L. , Ispano , M. , Fortunato , D. , Monza , M. , Giuffrida , M. G. , Rivolta , F. , Scibola , E. , Ansaloni , R. , Incorvaia , C. , Conti , A. and Ortolani , C. 1999 . Clinical role of a lipid transfer protein that acts as a new apple – specific allergen . Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 104 : 1099 – 1106 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schouten , H. J. , Krens , F. A. and Jacobsen , E. 2006 . Do cisgenic plants warrant less stringent oversight? . Nature biotechnology , 24 : 753
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sicherer , S. H. , Noone , S. A. and Muñoz-Furlong , A. 2001 . The impact of childhood food allergy on quality of life . Annals of allergy, asthma and immunology , 87 : 461 – 464 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Siegrist , M. 1998 . Belief in gene technology: The influence of environmental attitudes and gender . Personality and individual differences , 24 : 861 – 866 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Siegrist , M. 2000 . The influence of trust and perceptions of risks and benefits on the acceptance of gene technology . Risk analysis , 20 : 195 – 203 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Slovic , P. 1987 . Perception of risk . Science , 236 : 280 – 285 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strachan , D. P. 1989 . Hay-fever, hygiene, and household size . British medical journal , 299 : 1259 – 1260 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taylor , S. L. 2003 . Safety assessment of foods produced through agricultural biotechnology . Nutrition reviews , 61 : S135 – S140 .
   Google Scholar
• Titchener , G. D. and Sapp , S. G. 2002 . A comparison of two approaches to understanding consumer opinions of biotechnology . Social behavior and personality , 30 : 373 – 381 .
   Google Scholar
• UCB Institute of Allergy . 1997 . European allergy white paper , Edited by: van Moerbeke , D. Brussels : UCB .
   Google Scholar
• Van Putten , M. C. , Frewer , L. J. , Gilissen , L. J.W.J. , Gremmen , B. , Peijnenburg , A. A.C.M. and Wichers , H. J. 2006 . Novel foods and food allergies: A review of the issues . Trends in food science and technology , 17 : 289 – 299 .
   Google Scholar
• Wensing , M. , Akkerdaas , J. H. , Van Leeuwen , A. , Stapel , S. O. , Bruijnzeel-Koomen , C. A.F.M. Aalberse , R. C. 2002 . IgE to Bet v 1 and profilin: Cross-reactivity patterns and clinical relevance . Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 110 : 435 – 442 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wuthrich , B. , Schindler , C. , Leuenberger , P. , Ackermann-Liebrich , U. , Alean , P. Blaser , K. 1995 . Prevalence of atopy and pollinosis in the adult-population of Switzerland (SAPALDIA study) . International archives of allergy and immunology , 106 : 149 – 156 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zechendorf , B. 1994 . What the public thinks about biotechnology. Better than synthetic food but worse than organ-transplantation. A survey of opinion polls . Biotechnology , 12 : 870 – 875 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar