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Allergy and asthma prevention have always been a priority for patients and patients’ associations. They consider prevention as very important as it is a way to decrease the burden of the disease or even prevent symptoms from occurring. For patients and patients’ associations prevention is also an essential part of disease control.
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Valovirta, E. (2006). The patient’s voice in allergy prevention. In: Gilissen, L.J.W.J., Wichers, H.J., Savelkoul, H.F.J., Bogers, R.J. (eds) Allergy Matters. Wageningen UR Frontis Series, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3897-6_20
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