The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 187-191 , August 2007

Aeroallergen Sensitization in Healthy Children: Racial and Socioeconomic Correlates

  • Michelle D. Stevenson, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Akron Children’s Hospital and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, Ohio
    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
    • Dr. Michelle Stevenson authored the first draft of this manuscript and did not receive any form of payment to produce this manuscript.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Michelle D. Stevenson, Division of Emergency Medicine, Akron Children’s Hospital, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308.
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  • Stacey Sellins, MMS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Emilie Grube, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Kathy Schroer, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Jayanta Gupta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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  • Ning Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 30 May 2006 ,Revised 5 December 2006 ,Accepted 1 March 2007.

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    Type of allergen response among children sensitized to at least one allergen (n = 108).

    Type of allergen response among children sensitized to at least one allergen (n = 108).

 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant R01AI46652-01A1 (G.K.K.H.), University of Cincinnati, Molecular Epidemiology in Children’s Environmental Health, Institutional NIEHS T32 ES10957 (M.D.S.); and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Institutional NICHD T32 HD43005 (M.D.S.).

PII: S0022-3476(07)00237-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.03.001

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 187-191 , August 2007

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