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Original Article

Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Variability Is Not Affected by Home Combustion Sources in a Group of Nonsmoking Women

William S. Beckett MD The Department of Environmental Medicine, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
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Janneane F. Gent PhD The Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Luke P. Naeher PhD The Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens
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Kathleen Belanger PhD The Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Elizabeth W. Triche PhD The Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Michael B. Bracken PhD The Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Brian P. Leaderer PhD The Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Pages 176-182 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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