Deteriorated housing contributes to high cockroach allergen levels in inner-city households

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 323-327

  Rauh, Virginia A ^a   Chew, Ginger L ^a   Garfinkel, Robin S ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Cockroach allergens; Housing problems; Inner city minority populations

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 0036230215     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s2323     Document Type: Article

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