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The study received funding from the NIEHS R01 grants entitled “Vulnerability of the Fetus/Infant to PAH, PM2.5 and ETS” and “Developmental effects of early-life exposure to airborne PAH” (R01ES010165 and R01ES015282) and from The Lundin Foundation, The John and Wendy Neu Family Foundation, and The Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation. Prof. FP Perera is the principal investigator and Prof. W Jędrychowski is the co-investigator.
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Mrozek-Budzyn, D., Majewska, R. & Kiełtyka, A. Reply to correspondence letter “Krakow’s children cohort and long term follow-up of Thimerosal exposure - design and statistics”. Eur J Pediatr 174, 1557–1558 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-015-2569-6
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