TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of environmental allergens as a therapeutic approach
AU - Eggleston, Peyton A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This article was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grants HL058942, ES07527, and ES09606 and by STAR award R826724 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - The first rule of environmental allergen control is that avoidance is appropriate for allergic patients with asthma. Although this rule is obvious to allergists, it frequently is not considered by families and physicians who are not trained in allergy. The next step in environmental avoidance is to determine the specific sensitivity of a patient. Clinically, practitioners have to address reduction of exposure to more than one allergen, and it is likely that the complexity of dealing with several treatment regimes decreases compliance.
AB - The first rule of environmental allergen control is that avoidance is appropriate for allergic patients with asthma. Although this rule is obvious to allergists, it frequently is not considered by families and physicians who are not trained in allergy. The next step in environmental avoidance is to determine the specific sensitivity of a patient. Clinically, practitioners have to address reduction of exposure to more than one allergen, and it is likely that the complexity of dealing with several treatment regimes decreases compliance.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0889-8561(03)00003-1
DO - 10.1016/S0889-8561(03)00003-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14524390
AN - SCOPUS:0042839763
SN - 0889-8561
VL - 23
SP - 533
EP - 547
JO - Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
JF - Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -