Asthma in the Inner City and the Indoor Environment

Details

• Personal Author:
  Breysse PN ; Diette GB ; Hansel NN ; Matsui EC ; McCormack MC ; Rusher R
• Description:
  Inner-city residents continue to suffer disproportionate asthma morbidity despite recent progress in reducing asthma morbidity and mortality in other strata of the United States population. Studies over the past decade indicate that the indoor environment is a strong contributor to poor asthma control and asthma-related health care use in inner-city populations. Certain indoor exposures are more common and occur in higher concentrations in inner-city communities than in suburban communities. Identification of "asthmagenic" indoor exposures has paved the way for the development of intervention strategies aimed at reducing asthma morbidity. This article reviews the growing body of evidence that certain indoor environmental exposures contribute to the burden of asthma in the inner city. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asthma Asthma, Occupational Hypersensitivity Immune System Morbidity Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Air Pollutants Allergens Allergies Immunology Indoor Air Pollution Indoor Environments Morbidity Rates Respiratory System Disorders
• ISSN:
  0889-8561
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062879
• Citation:
  Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2008 Aug; 28(3):665-686
• Contact Point Address:
  Gregory B. Diette MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1830 East Monument St., 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
• Email:
  gdiette@jhmi.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ef3a665e4c901020453976876ca9747d057aab8f72ea7e2ed4b3b1132a96599ebd3877909ed3f902333be9f38c27d016da14c8af9ef3b366ec5f9c13ff29dd3c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226052/cdc_226052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 250.09 KB ]