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Is there any role for allergen avoidance in the primary prevention of childhood asthma?  Onno C.P. van Schayck, PhD, Tanja Maas, MSc, Janneke Kaper, PhD,

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1 Is there any role for allergen avoidance in the primary prevention of childhood asthma? 
Onno C.P. van Schayck, PhD, Tanja Maas, MSc, Janneke Kaper, PhD, Andre J.A. Knottnerus, MD, Aziz Sheikh, MD, FRCGP  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  Volume 119, Issue 6, Pages (June 2007) DOI: /j.jaci Copyright © 2007 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Numbers of asthmatic children in treatment and control groups are given for different studies at different ages. Pooled analysis of the last observation of the different studies are given for a physician's diagnosis of asthma (<5 years of age) and for objectively defined asthma (≥5 years of age). PREVASC, Prevention of Asthma in Children; SPACE, Study of Prevention of Allergy in Children in Europe; CAPS, Childhood Asthma Prevention Study; NACmass, NAC Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2007 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 1 Numbers of asthmatic children in treatment and control groups are given for different studies at different ages. Pooled analysis of the last observation of the different studies are given for a physician's diagnosis of asthma (<5 years of age) and for objectively defined asthma (≥5 years of age). PREVASC, Prevention of Asthma in Children; SPACE, Study of Prevention of Allergy in Children in Europe; CAPS, Childhood Asthma Prevention Study; NACmass, NAC Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2007 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions


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