The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 118, Issue 6 , Pages 1271-1278 , December 2006

Influence of dog ownership and high endotoxin on wheezing and atopy during infancy

  • Paloma Campo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Harpinder K. Kalra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Linda Levin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
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  • Tiina Reponen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
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  • Rolanda Olds, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
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  • Zana L. Lummus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
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  • Seung-Hyun Cho, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
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  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital Medical Center
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  • James Lockey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
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  • Manuel Villareal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
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  • Sherry Stanforth, CNP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
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  • Grace LeMasters, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
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  • David I. Bernstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology Division
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David I. Bernstein, MD, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 670563, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0563.

Received 23 November 2005 ,Revised 27 July 2006 ,Accepted 1 August 2006.

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 Supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant NIEHS 1-RO1-ES11170-04 and a Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria (FIS)/Fulbright Scholarship awarded to Paloma Campo.Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(06)01708-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.08.008

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 118, Issue 6 , Pages 1271-1278 , December 2006

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