The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 115, Issue 6 , Pages 1203-1209 , June 2005

Evaluation of the CD14/-260 polymorphism and house dust endotoxin exposure in the Barbados Asthma Genetics Study

  • April Zambelli-Weiner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
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  • Eva Ehrlich, MS

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
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  • Maria L. Stockton, MA

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
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  • Audrey V. Grant, MS

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
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  • Shu Zhang, MA

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
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  • Paul N. Levett, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of the West Indies, School of Clinical Medicine and Research, Barbados
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  • Terri H. Beaty, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
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  • Kathleen C. Barnes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kathleen C. Barnes, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 3A.62A, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224.

Received 2 August 2004 ,Revised 1 March 2005 ,Accepted 1 March 2005.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant A120059, Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America Young Investigator Award (K.C.B.). K.C.B. was supported in part by the Mary Beryl Patch Turnbull Scholar Program. Dr Zambelli-Weiner was supported by a training grant in Environmental Health Sciences (T32 ESO7141) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

PII: S0091-6749(05)00428-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.03.001

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 115, Issue 6 , Pages 1203-1209 , June 2005

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