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Understanding Pediatric Inner‐City Asthma: An Explanatory Model Approach

Lauren Handelman Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Fegan 6, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, USA
, M.D.,
Michael Rich Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, USA
, M.P.H. , M.D.,
Carolyn Frazer Bridgemohan Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, USA
, M.D. &
Lynda Schneider Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Fegan 6, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, USA
, M.D.
Pages 167-177 | Published online: 26 Aug 2009

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