The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 108, Issue 4 , Pages 500-502 , October 2001

What should we tell allergic families about pets?

Received 16 August 2001 ,Accepted 16 August 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Guy B. Marks, MBBS, PhD, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, PO Box M77, Missenden Road Post Office, New South Wales 2050, Australia.

☆☆ J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;108:500-2.

PII: S0091-6749(01)95219-4

doi: 10.1067/mai.2001.119383

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 108, Issue 4 , Pages 500-502 , October 2001

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