title: Clinical ecology. Executive Committee of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology.
abstract: An objective evaluation of the diagnostic and therapeutic principles used to support the concept of clinical ecology indicates that it is an unproven and experimental methodology. It is time-consuming and places severe restrictions on the individual's life-style. Individuals who are being treated in this manner should be fully informed of its experimental nature. Advocates of this dogma should provide adequate clinical and immunologic studies supporting their concepts, which meet the usually accepted standards for scientific investigation.
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D004463:Ecology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014481:United States