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New allergy in children study results reported from Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine

Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, January 30th, 2008

Current study results from the report, 'Home indoor pollutant exposures among inner-city children with and without asthma,' have been published. "Evidence for environmental causes of asthma is limited, especially among African Americans. To look for systematic differences in early life domestic exposures between inner-city preschool children with and without asthma, we performed a study of home indoor air pollutants and allergens," scientists in the United States report.

"Children 2-6 years of age were enrolled in a cohort study in East Baltimore, Maryland. From the child's bedroom, air was monitored for 3 days for particulate matter <or=2.5 and <or=10 microm in...

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