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. 2019 Jul-Aug;7(6):2101-2102.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.04.035. Epub 2019 May 21.

Closing the door on social determinants of health and asthma disparities: Not so fast

Elizabeth C Matsui  1 , Craig E Pollack  2 , Roger D Peng  3 , Corinne A Keet  4
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Closing the door on social determinants of health and asthma disparities: Not so fast

Elizabeth C Matsui et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Jul-Aug.
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Conflicts of interest: C. E. Pollack declares stock ownership in Gilead Sciences, Inc. The rest of the authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.

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    Guilbert TW, Zeiger RS, Haselkorn T, Iqbal A, Alvarez C, Mink DR, Chipps BE, Szefler SJ. Guilbert TW, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Jul-Aug;7(6):2102-2103. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.04.034. Epub 2019 May 20. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019. PMID: 31122886 No abstract available.

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