Association Between Allergen Exposure in Inner-City Schools and Asthma Morbidity Among Students.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Home aeroallergen exposure is associated with increased asthma morbidity in children, yet little is known about the contribution of school aeroallergen exposures to such morbidity.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of school-specific aeroallergen exposures on asthma morbidity among students, adjusting for home exposures.

Design, setting, and participants

The School Inner-City Asthma Study was a prospective cohort study evaluating 284 students aged 4 to 13 years with asthma who were enrolled from 37 inner-city elementary schools in the northeastern United States between March 1, 2008, and August 31, 2013. Enrolled students underwent baseline clinical evaluations before the school year started and were then observed clinically for 1 year. During that same scho

SUBMITTER: Sheehan WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5349325 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature