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Home environmental intervention benefits urban children with atopic asthma
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  1. K S Srinivasan
  1. Consultant Respiratory Physician, Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, UK; ks.srinivasan@prh.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2004.la0127

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    ▴ Morgan WJ, Crain EF, Gruchalla RS, et al. Results of a home-based environmental intervention among urban children with asthma. N Engl J Med2004;351:1068–80
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    Children with asthma who live in the inner city are exposed to multiple indoor allergens and environmental tobacco smoke in their homes. It is difficult to reduce these triggers and previous studies have not shown any significant decrease in morbidity.

    In this randomised controlled trial of an environmental intervention over 1 year, 937 children (age 5–11 …

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