The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 115, Issue 2 , Pages 221-228 , February 2005

Biology of diesel exhaust effects on respiratory function

  • Marc Riedl, MD
    • ,
  • David Diaz-Sanchez, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David Diaz-Sanchez, PhD, Division of Clinical Immunology/Allergy, Department of Medicine, 52-175 Center for Health Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1680.

Received 22 November 2004 ,Accepted 24 November 2004.

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 Series editors: William T. Shearer, MD, PhD, Lanny J. Rosenwasser, MD, and Bruce S. Bochner, MDSupported by the UCLA Allergy, Asthma, and Immunologic Disease Center (grant AI-40945) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: M. Riedl—none disclosed. D. Diaz-Sanchez—none disclosed.

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