Drs. Fertig and Corso Have Policy Brief Published on Childhood Asthma

Drs. Angela Fertig and Phaedra Corso recently had a policy brief published on the longterm costs of childhood asthma, funded by the Pew Charitable Trust Foundation. The brief was also picked up by California’s “Studies in the News”.

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