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FIELD ACTION REPORT: Patrick L. Kinney, Mary E. Northridge, Ginger L. Chew, Erik Gronning, Evelyn Joseph, Juan C. Correa, Swati Prakash, and Inge Goldstein On the Front Lines: An Environmental Asthma Intervention in New York City Am J Public Health 2002; 92: 24-26 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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ASTHMA INTERVENTION IN SCHOOLS

ELAINE M ABRAMS   (1 April 2002)

ASTHMA INTERVENTION IN SCHOOLS 1 April 2002
ELAINE M ABRAMS, RN, CHES UNIV OF CT Send letter to journal: Re: ASTHMA INTERVENTION IN SCHOOLS EABRAMSRN{at}AOL.COM ELAINE M ABRAMS	Regarding "On The Front Lines: An Environmental Asthma Intervention In New York City," the study does not appear to include school exposures to indoor allergens as a potential confounder. today, school aged children spend more hours in school buildings, particularly those who are provided before and after school care in the same buildings, than they do at home. thus, the importance of exposures in indoor school environments is equally important to the home environment. furthermore, schools are often the depository for animal dander brought from home, dust mites in old carpeting, and molds accumulation from roof leaks, etc. my suggestion is that you may account for school exposures to biological indoor pollutants.