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Airway Obstruction Among Latino Poultry Processing Workers in North Carolina

Maria C. MirabelliDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Arjun B. ChatterjeeSection on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Dana C. MoraDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Thomas A. ArcuryDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Jill N. BlockerDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Haiying ChenDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Joseph G. GrzywaczDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Antonio J. MarínDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Mark R. SchulzDepartment of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina–Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Sara A. QuandtDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Pages 63-66 | Received 15 Nov 2012, Accepted 28 Feb 2013, Published online: 12 Dec 2014

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