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. 2016 Dec;138(6):1556-1558.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.08.047. Epub 2016 Oct 15.

Asthma in Puerto Ricans: Lessons from a high-risk population

Sylvia E Szentpetery  1 , Erick Forno  1 , Glorisa Canino  2 , Juan C Celedón  3
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Asthma in Puerto Ricans: Lessons from a high-risk population

Sylvia E Szentpetery et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Asthma; Puerto Ricans; high risk; multifactorial.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicts of interest This work was supported by grants HL079966 and HL117191 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and by The Heinz Endowments. Dr. Forno’s contribution was partially funded by NIH grant HL125666. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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FIGURE 1
The external exposome (comprising multiple risk factors operating at the individual and community or societal levels) interacts with the internal exposome (host biologic factors) to cause asthma in Puerto Ricans.
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