Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 3 , Pages 345-355 , March 2010

Asthma, allergy, and IgE levels in NYC head start children

  • Demetra Z. Rotsides

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, 7th Floor, R736, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Inge F. Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, 7th Floor, R736, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Stephen M. Canfield

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, P&S8-444, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Matthew Perzanowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue, B116, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Robert B. Mellins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, MSCHONY N746, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Lori Hoepner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue, B116, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Maxine Ashby-Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, 7th Floor, R736, NY 10032, New York, United States
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  • Judith S. Jacobson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, 7th Floor, R736, NY 10032, New York, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 305 2502; fax: +1 212 305 9413.

Received 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.10.016

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 3 , Pages 345-355 , March 2010

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