Recent Advances in Environmental Controls Outside the Home Setting

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2016 Feb 10

PMID 26859366

Citations 4

Authors

Marissa Hauptman

Wanda Phipatanakul

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Abstract

Purpose Of Review: It has been well studied that aeroallergen, mold, and airborne pollutant exposure in the inner-city home environment is associated with significant childhood asthma morbidity. Although the home environment has been extensively studied, the school environment is less well understood.

Recent Findings: In this article, we discuss the relationship between environmental exposures within the school and daycare environment and pediatric asthma morbidity and novel environmental interventions designed to help mitigate pediatric asthma morbidity.

Summary: Studies assessing environmental exposures outside the home environment and interventions to mitigate these exposures have the potential to reduce pediatric asthma morbidity. Further study in this area should focus on the complex cost benefit analyses of environmental interventions outside the home setting, while controlling for the home environment.

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