| Literature DB >> 17267730 |
Roy Grant1, Shawn Bowen, Diane E McLean, Douglas Berman, Karen Redlener, Irwin Redlener.
Abstract
Homeless children in New York City had an extremely high asthma prevalence-40%-in a cross-sectional study at 3 shelters (n=740) during 1998 to 1999. We used the same protocol to summarize subsequent data through December 2002. Asthma prevalence was 33% (n=1636); only 15% of the children previously diagnosed were taking an asthma controller medication. Emergency department use was 59%. These data were used to support a class action lawsuit that was resolved in favor of homeless children with asthma in New York City.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17267730 PMCID: PMC1805027 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070482
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308