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Unlimited Opportunities for Environmental Interventions with Inner-City Asthmatics
- Source :
- Journal of Asthma. 36:371-379
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1999.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to identify the asthmatics living in the Lower West Side (LWS) of Buffalo, New York, and then explore the relationship between urban asthmatic and nonasthmatic exposures to many common household aeroallergens. Eight hundred twenty-eight households were visited and 167 asthmatics and 161 nonasthmatics were identified for comparison. Specific self-reported household exposure prevalences were identified for environmental tobacco smoke, sources of molds, household pets, rats, cockroaches, and sources of dust. Sources of molds, pets, and cockroaches were more likely to be found in the homes of asthmatics compared to nonasthmatics (p < 0.05). Other aeroallergens studied, although highly prevalent, were not more likely to be found in either asthmatic or nonasthmatic homes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Urban Population
New York
Psychological intervention
Tobacco smoke
Inner city
Environmental protection
Poverty Areas
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Community survey
Asthma
business.industry
Data Collection
Environmental Exposure
Environmental exposure
Allergens
medicine.disease
Socioeconomic Factors
Case-Control Studies
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Housing
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15324303 and 02770903
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Asthma
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e3268b43498a588e74219c5daf445f48