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ArticleCurrent allergy and asthma reports2012

Time for new methods for avoidance of house dust mite and other allergens.

Euan Tovey, Andrea Ferro

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Article in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Comparing the concentration levels of allergens and endotoxins in employees' homes and offices.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022
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  4. Review
  5. A reintroduction of environmental mite allergen control strategies for asthma treatment and the debate on their effectiveness.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2019
    Review
  6. Bedroom allergen exposures in US households.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2018
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  9. Environmental assessment and exposure control of dust mites: a practice parameter.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2013
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  10. A comparison of subject room dust with home vacuum dust for evaluation of dust-borne aeroallergens.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Euan ToveyWoolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, P.O. Box M77, Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia. euan.tovey@sydney.edu.au
Andrea Ferro
Clarkson University · USWoolcock Institute of Medical Research · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a common disease in which environmental exposures and lifestyle factors play critical roles in expression and symptoms. Recommended methods for reducing exposure to domestic allergens as a component of asthma and rhinitis management have changed little over the last 30 years. The data that implementation of these provides clinical benefit are inconsistent. We contend that current methods are ineffective at reducing chronic personal exposure. More effective strategies can be developed based on understanding when people are exposed, the sources of this exposure and the activities associated with this exposure. Developing new methods should be founded on understanding the aerodynamic behavior of particles, their aerosolization, removal from surfaces, and the complex relationships between exposures and clinical outcomes. It will also require developing better proxy measures of chronic exposure, identifying markers for the sub-set of people who benefit, and integrating this with strategies addressing other domestic exposures and lifestyle factors.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAllergensAnimalsAsthmaDustEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringHumansHygieneMitesPyroglyphidaeRhinitisAllergensDust

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PMID22833251
OpenAlexW1997851891

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