Implementation of Evidence-based Asthma Interventions in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study | Zendy

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Implementation of Evidence-based Asthma Interventions in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study

Author(s) -

Herman Mitchell,

Richard D. Cohn,

Jeremy Wildfire,

Eleanor Thornton,

Suzanne Kennedy,

J.M. El-Dahr,

Patricia C. Chulada,

Mosanda M. Mvula,

L. Faye Grimsley,

Maureen Y. Lichtveld,

LuAnn E. White,

Yvonne M. Sterling,

Kevin U. Stephens,

William Martin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104242

Subject(s) - asthma , psychological intervention , hurricane katrina , environmental health , medicine , gerontology , geography , natural disaster , psychiatry , immunology , meteorology

Childhood asthma morbidity and mortality in New Orleans, Louisiana, is among the highest in the nation. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina created an environmental disaster that led to high levels of mold and other allergens and disrupted health care for children with asthma.

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