Tenant Reports of In-Home Asthma Triggers and Adult Emergency Department Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Housing conditions are well recognized as a significant contributor to asthma burden. However, due to the inherent difficulty of in-home exposure assessment, there is only limited evidence evaluating the extent of population-level exposure to indoor triggers in urban environments and its link with asthma burden and disparities.

Objective

To test the association between the rate of tenant reports of in-home asthma triggers and the population-based incidence rate of adult asthma emergency department (ED) visits in Boston, Massachusetts.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, tenant reports of in-home asthma triggers were obtained from Boston's housing code enforcement system. Adult asthma ED visits for Boston residents were obtained

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12531877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature