Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Overview
Welcome to the research guide for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Here you'll find resources and information that will help you with your research. Click on the tabs on this page to uncover detailed lists of resources to help answer your questions. Each tab is comprised of the best sources for finding statistical data, articles, and facts on topics of particular interest to faculty, students, clinicians and other researchers.
If you've been searching for 20 minutes or longer and can't find what you're looking for, feel free to give me a call! I can:
- Help with your literature searches
- Provide one-on-one advice about your research topic
- Teach you advanced tricks for database searching
- Orient you to the library resources available through U-M
- Teach you about citation management tools (Endnote, Mendeley, etc.) that can save you time formatting your citations and bibliography
Allergy & Asthma Resources
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Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of AsthmaticsUsers can take free courses as well as learn how to eliminate allergens and how to work with their child's school to ensure his or her safety.
These resources come from Healthcare Guide to the Internet, Focus: Allergy and Asthma Resources by Cynthia Johnson from Medicine on the Net September 2007.
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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyRepresents individuals who have special interest in the research and treatment of allergic diseases. Includes online tools such as pollen counts and medication guide.
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American College of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyInformation available in Spanish.
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of AmericaAn abundance of information about the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of allergies and asthma. The left-hand navigation bar for this section links to facts and figures, asthma capitals, and clinical trials.
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Environmental Protection Agency: AsthmaEnter asthma into the search box.
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The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis NetworkInformation on common food allergies.
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NoAttacks.orgProvides information about asthma and how to prevent attacks by creating an asthma action plan.
Finding Covid-19 Evidence
Find information on COVID-19 quickly using these resources. The Front Door searches high quality meta-analyses, literature syntheses, & clinical guidelines from multiple sources in one place.
To search in PubMed, see the links below. To find results in more resources, including preprints, see this article: Farhad Shokraneh, Rapid Response:Keeping Up with Studies on COVID-19: Systematic Search Strategies and Resources. BMJ 2020;368:m1199. You can then modify the searches to make them more focused on the precise question that you're asking.
Please note: the links below go to public PubMed, not to PubMed @ UM.
For search strategies for OVID Medline, see the link below.
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COVID-19 Front DoorA single entry point to publicly available sources of the best clinical evidence about COVID-19. From the Taubman Health Sciences Library & Dept of Learning Health Sciences.
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Searches for Ovid MedlineUse the Expert Searching tab.