The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 1359-1362 , June 2008

Advances in environmental and occupational respiratory disease in 2007

  • Robert K. Bush, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison and William S. Middleton VA Hospital, Madison, Wis
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert K. Bush, MD, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, K4/910 CSC, Box 9988, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792.
    • ,
  • David Peden, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 21 March 2008.

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 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: R. K. Bush has received research support from the National Institutes of Health and Greer Laboratories. D. Peden has consulting arrangements with Icagen, Genentech, and Greer Laboratories; has been on the advisory board for GlaxoSmithKline; has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; and has held a position on the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

PII: S0091-6749(08)00720-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.03.034

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 1359-1362 , June 2008

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