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Am Fam Physician. 2012;86(4):318

In the editorial “School-Based Management of Food Allergies in Children” (July 1, 2012, page 16), the second to last sentence in the first paragraph (page 16) contained an error regarding the incidence of fatal food allergy anaphylaxis in children. The sentence should have read: “Although there are no specific data on fatalities in school settings, the estimated incidence of fatal food-induced anaphylaxis is one episode per 800,000 children per year.” The online version of this editorial has been corrected.

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