Few Associations Found between Mold and Other Allergen Concentrations in the Home versus Skin Sensitivity from Children with Asthma after Hurricane Katrina in the Head-Off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana Study

• Main Authors: L. F. Grimsley (Author), J. Wildfire (Author), M. Lichtveld (Author), S. Kennedy (Author), J. M. El-Dahr (Author), P. C. Chulada (Author), R. Cohn (Author), H. Mitchell (Author), E. Thornton (Author), M. Mvula (Author), Y. Sterling (Author), W. Martin (Author), K. Stephens (Author), L. White (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mold and other allergen exposures exacerbate asthma symptoms in sensitized individuals. We evaluated allergen concentrations, skin test sensitivities, and asthma morbidity for 182 children, aged 4-12 years, with moderate to severe asthma, enrolled 18 months after Katrina, from the city of New Orlean...