The Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project: A randomized, controlled trial of a community health worker intervention to decrease exposure to indoor asthma triggers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 652-659

  Krieger, James W ^a,b,d   Takaro, Tim K ^b   Song, Lin ^a   Weaver, Marcia ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCKROACH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RODENT; SMOKING CESSATION; VACUUM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN HEALTH; WASHINGTON;

EID: 15744392485     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.042994     Document Type: Article

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