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. 2007 Mar;97(3):448-50.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070482. Epub 2007 Jan 31.

Asthma among homeless children in New York City: an update

Roy Grant  1 , Shawn Bowen, Diane E McLean, Douglas Berman, Karen Redlener, Irwin Redlener
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Asthma among homeless children in New York City: an update

Roy Grant et al. Am J Public Health. 2007 Mar.

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.

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