The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 109, Issue 6 , Pages 1019-1021 , June 2002

Interpretation of commercial food ingredient labels by parents of food-allergic children

Received 31 December 2001 ,Revised 22 January 2002 ,Accepted 24 January 2002.

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☆ Dr Joshi is currently a consultant Immunologist/Allergist at the Children's Hospital, Westmead Australia, and is jointly appointed as a clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia.

☆☆ Supported in part by NIH PO1 AI44236 (S.M.), K23 AI 01709-01 (S.H.S.), the Royal Australian College of Physicians and The University of Sydney (P.J.), and the Food Allergy Initiative.

★ Reprint requests: Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Division of Allergy/Immunology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Box 1198, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029-6574.

PII: S0091-6749(02)00018-0

doi: 10.1067/mai.2002.123305

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 109, Issue 6 , Pages 1019-1021 , June 2002

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