The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 3 , Pages 443-453 , September 2008

Climate change and allergic disease

  • Katherine M. Shea, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katherine M. Shea, MD, MPH, UNC Institute for the Environment, 111 Miller Hall, Campus Box 1105, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1105.
    • ,
  • Robert T. Truckner, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, NHEERL Human Research Protocol Office, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
    • ,
  • Richard W. Weber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo
    • ,
  • David B. Peden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 21 April 2008 ,Revised 13 June 2008 ,Accepted 26 June 2008.

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