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. 2014 Nov 15;190(10):1190-3.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1568LE.

Proximity to a major road, vitamin D insufficiency, and severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children

Franziska Rosser  1 , John M Brehm, Erick Forno, Edna Acosta-Pérez, Kristen Kurland, Glorisa Canino, Juan C Celedón
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Proximity to a major road, vitamin D insufficiency, and severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children

Franziska Rosser et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Categories of residential proximity to a major roadway (living > vs. ≤441 m away from a major road) and vitamin D insufficiency (plasma vitamin D level < 30 ng/dl) and severe asthma exacerbations. Multivariate analysis adjusted for age, sex, household income, and use of inhaled corticosteroids in the prior 6 months.
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