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Can we prevent allergy?
Author(s) -
Gore C.,
Custovic A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1046/j.1398-9995.2003.00358.x
Subject(s) - medicine , allergy , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , primary prevention , immunology , pathology , disease , psychiatry
Allergic conditions continue to increase steeply. The last two decades have seen many prevention trials, studying the effect of dietary and environmental interventions. These trials have yielded invaluable information about the atopic march and also highlighted the need for a clear and commonly used nomenclature as well as a need for better outcome measures. This review discusses primary and secondary prevention studies and their results.