The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 1139-1145 , November 2007

Asthma cases attributable to atopy: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

  • Samuel J. Arbes Jr., DDS, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC
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  • Peter J. Gergen, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
    • ,
  • Ben Vaughn, MS

      Affiliations

    • Rho, Inc, Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Darryl C. Zeldin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Darryl C. Zeldin, MD, NIEHS/NIH, PO Box 12233, MD D2-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Received 4 May 2007 ,Revised 18 July 2007 ,Accepted 20 July 2007.

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 Supported by the Intramural Research Programs of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: B. Vaughn is employed by Rho, Inc. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(07)01460-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.07.056

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 1139-1145 , November 2007

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