This Mold House: Exposure Assessment of Flood-Damaged Homes in New Orleans
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The Relationship between Mold Exposure and Allergic Response in Post-Katrina New Orleans
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From the Departments of Human Genetics, Biochemistry, and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Address for correspondence and reprints: Dr. Stephen Warren, Department of HumanGenetics, 615Michael Street, EmoryUniversity SchoolofMedicine, Atlanta, GA 30322. E-mail: [email protected] * Previously presented at the annual meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, in New...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1476-6256,0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s30-a