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Reply to: African dust and asthma in the Caribbean—medical and statistical perspectives by M A Monteil and R Antoine

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  1. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600, Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL, 33149-1098, USA

    Joseph M. Prospero

  2. Public Health Laboratory, Winston Scott Polyclinic, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies

    Edmund Blades

  3. Greenville Hospital System, 701 Grove Rd, Greenville, SC, 29605, USA

    Raana Naidu

  4. Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Cave Hill, Barbados, West Indies

    Marc C. Lavoie

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Prospero, J.M., Blades, E., Naidu, R. et al. Reply to: African dust and asthma in the Caribbean—medical and statistical perspectives by M A Monteil and R Antoine. Int J Biometeorol 53, 383–385 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-009-0254-z

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