The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 195-200 , August 2009

School-based asthma programs

  • Jean-Marie Bruzzese, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New York University Child Study Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • David Evans, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Meyer Kattan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Meyer Kattan, MD, Columbia University Medical Center, 3959 Broadway, CHC 7-701, New York, NY 10032.

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 26 May 2009 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: M. Kattan has received research support from the National Institutes of Health. D. Evans has received research support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the Merck Childhood Asthma Network. J.-M. Bruzzese has declared that she has no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(09)00866-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.040

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 195-200 , August 2009

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