The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 117, Issue 5 , Pages 1001-1007 , May 2006

Endogenous and exogenous sex steroid hormones and asthma and wheeze in young women

  • Muhammad T. Salam, MBBS, MS
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  • Madé Wenten, MS
    • ,
  • Frank D. Gilliland, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Frank D. Gilliland, MD, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 236, Los Angeles, CA 90033.

Received 14 November 2005 ,Revised 30 January 2006 ,Accepted 1 February 2006.

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 Supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (grants 5P01ES09581, 5P01ES011627, and 5P30 ES07048), the US Environmental Protection Agency (grants R826708-01 and RD83186101), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grant 5R01HL61768), the California Air Resources Board (contract 94-331), and the Hastings Foundation.Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(06)00313-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.02.004

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 117, Issue 5 , Pages 1001-1007 , May 2006

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