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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Fetal Sex and Maternal Asthma Control in Pregnancy

Ludmila N. Bakhireva Division of Pharmacy Practice and Department of Family/Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Michael Schatz Department of Allergy-Immunology, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
, M.D., M.S.,
Kenneth Lyons Jones Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
, M.D.,
Carey M. Tucker Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, USA
, M.P.H.,
Donald J. Slymen Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
, Ph.D.,
Hillary S. Klonoff-Cohen Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
, Ph.D.,
Louise Gresham Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Diana Johnson Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
, M.S.,
Christina D. Chambers Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA; Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
, Ph.D., M.P.H. &
THE OTIS Collaborative Research Group
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Pages 403-407 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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