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Editorial
. 2022 Jun;77(6):1661-1666.
doi: 10.1111/all.15202.

'Too high, too low': The complexities of using thresholds in isolation to inform precautionary allergen ('may contain') labels

Paul J Turner  1 , Joseph L Baumert  2 , Kirsten Beyer  3 , Simon Brooke-Taylor  4 , Pasquale Comberiati  5 , René W R Crevel  6 , Jennifer D Gerdts  7 , M Hazel Gowland  8 , Geert F Houben  9 , Jonathan O'B Hourihane  10 , George N Konstantinou  11 , Sébastien La Vieille  12 , Beatriz Moya  13 , Antonella Muraro  14 , E N Clare Mills  15 , Nandinee Patel  1 , Marcia Podestà  16 , Bert Popping  17 , Imke Reese  18 , Graham Roberts  19   20 , Maria Said  21 , Alexandra F Santos  22 , Sabine Schnadt  23 , Steve L Taylor  2 , Berber Vlieg-Boerstra  24 , Benjamin C Remington  2   25 ; EAACI Taskforce on Food allergen thresholds
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Editorial

'Too high, too low': The complexities of using thresholds in isolation to inform precautionary allergen ('may contain') labels

Paul J Turner et al. Allergy. 2022 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: anaphylaxis; eliciting dose; food allergy; precautionary allergen labelling; reference dose; thresholds.

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