Results of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study (NCICAS) environmental intervention to reduce cockroach allergen exposure in innercity homes

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 501-506

  Gergen, Peter J ^a,k   Mortimer, Kathleen M ^b   Eggleston, Peyton A ^c   Rosenstreich, David ^d   Mitchell, Herman ^e   Ownby, Dennis ^f   Kattan, Meyer ^g   Baker, Dean ^h   Wright, Elizabeth C ^b   Slavin, Raymond ⁱ   Malveaux, Floyd ^j  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RHO INC   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k AHCPR   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bla g 1; Cockroach; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; ALLERGEN; INSECTICIDE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COCKROACHES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT PROTEINS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033044885     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70477-x     Document Type: Article

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