Asthma randomized trial of indoor wood smoke (ARTIS): rationale and methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Particulate matter (PM) exposures have been linked with poor respiratory health outcomes, especially among susceptible populations such as asthmatic children. Smoke from biomass combustion for residential home heating is an important source of PM in many rural or peri-urban areas in the United States.

Aim

To assess the efficacy of residential interventions that reduce indoor PM exposure from wood stoves and to quantify the corresponding improvements in quality of life and health outcomes for asthmatic children.

Design

The asthma randomized trial of indoor wood smoke (ARTIS) study is an in-home intervention study of susceptible children exposed to biomass combustion smoke. Children, ages 7 to 17, with persistent asthma and living in homes that heat with wood

SUBMITTER: Noonan CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3408844 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature