The head-off environmental asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) study-methods and study population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1592-1599

  Chulada, Patricia C ^a   Kennedy, Suzanne ^b   Mvula, Mosanda M ^c   Jaffee, Katy ^b   Wildfire, Jeremy ^b   Thornton, Eleanor ^d   Cohn, Richard D ^e   Faye Grimsley, L ^f   Mitchell, Herman ^b   El Dahr, Jane ^g   Sterling, Yvonne ^h   Martin, William J ⁱ   White, LuAnn ^f   Stephens, Kevin U ^c   Lichtveld, Maureen ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

^c New Orleans Health Department   (United States)

^d Dewberry nnd Davis LLC   (United States)

^e SRA International Inc   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma case management; Asthma counselor; Environmental intervention; Hurricane Katrina; Indoor allergens; Mold

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOULD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW ORLEANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84868550318     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104239     Document Type: Article

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