Childhood asthma exacerbations on the Navajo Nation

Affiliations

¹ Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Health Promotion, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo. Electronic address: benderb@njhealth.org.
² Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Health Promotion, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo.
³ Advanced Nursing and Science Division, College of Nursing, Department of Public Health Practice, Policy and Translational Research, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, The Zuckerman College of Public Health, Center for Population Science and Discovery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
⁴ Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.
⁵ Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁶ The Breathing Institute, Childrens Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Denver, Colo.
⁷ Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
⁸ Office of Population Health Sciences, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

Bruce G Bender et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;12(8):2173-2175.e1.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.04.044. Epub 2024 Apr 30.

¹ Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Health Promotion, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo. Electronic address: benderb@njhealth.org.
² Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Health Promotion, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo.
³ Advanced Nursing and Science Division, College of Nursing, Department of Public Health Practice, Policy and Translational Research, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, The Zuckerman College of Public Health, Center for Population Science and Discovery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
⁴ Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.
⁵ Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁶ The Breathing Institute, Childrens Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Denver, Colo.
⁷ Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
⁸ Office of Population Health Sciences, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement: None of the authors has a conflict of interest.

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