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. 2023 Jul 8;19(1):60.
doi: 10.1186/s13223-023-00813-3.

"There definitely should be some more help for families": a call for federal support for families managing pediatric food allergy

Manvir Bhamra #  1 , Zoe Harbottle #  1 , Michael A Golding  2   3 , Moshe Ben-Shoshan  4 , Jennifer D Gerdts  5 , Jennifer Lp Protudjer  6   7   8   9   10   11
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"There definitely should be some more help for families": a call for federal support for families managing pediatric food allergy

Manvir Bhamra et al. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Costs; Food allergy; Policy.

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Conflict of interest statement

ZH declares no real or perceived conflicts of interest.

MB declares no real or perceived conflicts of interest.

MG declares no real or perceived conflicts of interest.

MB-S is part of the advisory Board or equivalent: Bausch, Stallergenes, Novartis, Sanofi.

Payment (including gifts or in-kind compensation) from a commercial organization: Bausch, Stallergenes, Novartis, Sanofi, Stallergene. Participating or participated in a clinical trial: Novartis, Aimmune, Sanofi.

JG is the Executive Director of Food Allergy Canada, and is the co-lead of Canada’s National Food Allergy Action Plan.

JP is Section Head of Allied Health, and, Member of the Board, Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and is on the steering committee for Canada’s National Food Allergy Action Plan. She reports consulting for Novartis, Nutricia and ALK Abelló.

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