Does a multifaceted environmental intervention alter the impact of asthma on inner-city children?

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-260

  Williams, Seymour G ^a,b   Brown, Clive M ^a,b   Falter, Kenneth H ^a,b   Alverson, Clinton J ^a,b   Gotway Crawford, Carol ^a,b   Homa, David ^a,b   Jones, Donna S ^a,c   Adams, E Kathleen ^a,b   Redd, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community health worker; Environment; Intervention; Pediatric research

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTININE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THEOPHYLLINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GRASS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 31944450123     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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