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International Forum for Respiratory Research
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Research Article

Influence of Age, Gender, and Allergy Status on Nasal Reactivity to Inhaled Chlorine

Dennis Shusterman Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Mary Alice Murphy Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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John Balmes Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Pages 1179-1189 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

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