Home environmental intervention in inner-city asthma: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 518-524

  Eggleston, Peyton A ^a,c   Butz, Arlene ^a   Rand, Cynthia ^a   Curtin Brosnan, Jean ^b   Kanchanaraksa, Sukon ^b   Swartz, Lee ^a   Breysse, Patrick ^b   Buckley, Timothy ^b   Diette, Gregory ^a   Merriman, Barry ^a   Krishnan, Jerry A ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RODENT; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 29444454721     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61012-5     Document Type: Article

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