Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 108-115 , March 2010

Socioeconomic Factors and Home Allergen Exposure in Children With Asthma

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 Funded by operating grants from AllerGen Network Centre for Excellence and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to Wendy J. Ungar, MSc, PhD. The funding sources had no involvement in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.03.002

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 108-115 , March 2010

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