Effects of HEPA air cleaners on unscheduled asthma visits and asthma symptoms for children exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b   Hornung, Richard W ^b   Khoury, Jane ^b   Yolton, Kimberly ^b   Lierl, Michelle ^b   Kalkbrenner, Amy ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Air cleaner; Asthma; Children; Exacerbations; Randomized controlled trial; Secondhand smoke; Unscheduled asthma visits

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE ARRESTING AIR CLEANER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIR CONDITIONING; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 78650767982     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2312     Document Type: Article

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