Reduction in asthma morbidity in children as a result of home remediation aimed at moisture sources.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on October 01, 2006

Authors

Carolyn M Kercsmar1, Dorr G Dearborn, Mark Schluchter, Lintong Xue, H Lester Kirchner, John Sobolewski, Stuart J Greenberg, Stephen J Vesper, Terry Allan

Author Affiliations

1: Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. carolyn.kercsmar@uhhs.com

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