Results of a Home-Based Environmental Intervention among Urban Children with Asthma

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Authors

Wayne J. Morgan · University of Arizona

Ellen F. Crain

Rebecca S. Gruchalla · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

George O'connor · Boston University

Meyer Kattan · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Richard Evans

James W. Stout · University of Washington

George Malindzak

Abstract

Among inner-city children with atopic asthma, an individualized, home-based, comprehensive environmental intervention decreases exposure to indoor allergens, including cockroach and dust-mite allergens, resulting in reduced asthma-associated morbidity.

Topics & Keywords

Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Asthma and respiratory diseases Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 351, Issue 11, pp. 1068-1080

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa032097

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