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Review
. 2006 Sep 2;333(7566):494-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.494.

Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated?

Allan Colver  1
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Review

Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated?

Allan Colver. BMJ. .

Abstract

The numbers of deaths from food allergy are small and not all are preventable. Allan Colver believes that the increasing prescription of emergency prophylaxis to children fuels anxiety rather than saving lives, but Jonathan Hourihane argues that there are no data to show that prescription of autoinjectors increases anxiety and their provision, as part of an integrated care plan, is justified

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