December 12th, 2017
n 1999,theAmericanAcademy ofAsthma,Allergy and Immunology published a position statement that recommended that physicians include indoor allergen avoidance approaches as adjunctive therapy for patients with chronic allergic asthma. This statement supported the development of a public education process to increase general awareness of the role of environmental allergens in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma.Additionally, it recommended that patients with allergic asthma be given practical advice on allergen avoidance.As a first step in accomplishing public education and providing physicians with a fully referenced and detailed summary of the present knowledge about indoor allergens,a group of experts has been assembled. Their task has been to create a document that presents scientific thought concerning allergen avoidance. This consensus document,containing the articles included in this special supplement,draws on the published information by investigators currently active in this area. Reprinted from Journal ofAllergy and Clinical Immunology Vol. 107 No 3 March 2001, Pages 403-405 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00916749