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A Component-resolved Diagnostic Approach for a Study on Grass Pollen Allergens in Chinese Southerners with Allergic Rhinitis and/or Asthma
Published on: June 4, 2017
[Prevention of allergic diseases]
1Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergologie, CHU, Angers.
Abstract:
Within the purview of a formation day in Allergy for General Practitioners, this presentation on prevention recalls recent data obtained by the expedient of epidemiological studies, the aim of which was to aquaint the treating physicians with the growth in prevalence of the diseases of allergy and to alert them to the need of present advice on the elementary preventative measures for their patients at risk. These elementary measures are a healthy interior environment that is low in pneumoallergens, with especially a fight against passive tobacco smoking, and a differential and progressive introduction of solid foods to infants.
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