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. 2012 Apr;108(4):223.e1-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.02.015.

Environmental assessment and exposure control: a practice parameter--furry animals

Jay Portnoy, Kevin Kennedy, James Sublett, Wanda Phipatanakul, Elizabeth Matsui, Charles Barnes, Carl Grimes, J David Miller, James M Seltzer, P Brock Williams, Jonathan A Bernstein, David I Bernstein, Joann Blessing-Moore, Linda Cox, David A Khan, David M Lang, Richard A Nicklas, John Oppenheimer

Environmental assessment and exposure control: a practice parameter--furry animals

Jay Portnoy et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2012 Apr.

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  • Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2012 Sep;109(3):229.. multiple author names added
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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures: The following is a summary of interests disclosed on Work Group members’ Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statements (not including information concerning family member interests). Completed Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statements are available on request. Dr. Sublett is the owner of Allergy Zone. Dr. Portnoy is a speaker and consultant for Thermo Fisher (Phadia). Dr. Barnes is a consultant for and has received research funding from Clorox Corporation. Mr. Grimes is the owner of Healthy Habitats LLC. Dr. Matsui is speaker for Indoor Bio Technologies. Dr. Miller is the owner of Mission: Allergy Inc. Dr. Seltzer is the President of James M. Seltzer, Assoc. The other Work Group members have no conflicts to disclose. The Joint Task Force recognizes that experts in a field are likely to have interests that could come into conflict with development of a completely unbiased and objective practice parameter. To take advantage of that expertise, a process has been developed to prevent potential conflicts from influencing the final document in a negative way. At the work group level, members who have a potential conflict of interest either do not participate in discussions concerning topics related to the potential conflict or, if they write a section on that topic, the work group completely rewrites it with out their involvement to remove potential bias. In addition,theentiredocumentisreviewedbytheJointTaskForce,andanyapparent bias is removed at that level. Finally, the practice parameter is sent for review both by invited reviewers and by anyone with an interest in the topic by posting the document on the websites of the ACAAI and the AAAAI.

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