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Asthma and Environmental Exposures to Phenols, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Phthalates in Children

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Dr. Jackson-Browne is supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases U01AI126614-05S1. Dr. Marissa Hauptman is supported (in part) by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award K23ES031663. Dr. Hauptman is also supported (in part) by the cooperative agreement award number FAIN: NU61TS000296 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The U.S. EPA supports the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units by providing partial funding to the ATSDR under Inter-Agency Agreement number DW-75-92301301. Dr. Wanda Phipatanakul and portions of this manuscript are supported by K24 AI106822 and U01AI110397.

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Jackson-Browne, M.S., Patti, M.A., Henderson, N.B. et al. Asthma and Environmental Exposures to Phenols, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Phthalates in Children. Curr Envir Health Rpt 10, 469–477 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-023-00417-4

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