Reduction in asthma morbidity in children as a result of home remediation aimed at moisture sources

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1574-1580

  Kercsmar, Carolyn M ^a   Dearborn, Dorr G ^a   Schluchter, Mark ^a   Xue, Lintong ^a   Kirchner, H Lester ^a   Sobolewski, John ^b   Greenberg, Stuart J ^c   Vesper, Stephen J ^d   Allan, Terry ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga County Board of Health   (United States)

^c Environmental Health Watch   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Damp housing; Home remediation; Indoor mold

Indexed keywords

COTININE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOISTURE; MORBIDITY; MOULD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ACARI; BLATTARIA; FUNGI; RODENTIA;

EID: 33749443304     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8742     Document Type: Article

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