Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2009 May;30(3):246-55.
doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2009.01.006. Epub 2009 Jan 23.

The burden of asthma in the Chicago community fifteen years after the availability of national asthma guidelines: the design and initial results from the CHIRAH study

Kevin B Weiss  1 , John Jay Shannon, Laura S Sadowski, Lisa K Sharp, Laura Curtis, Christopher S Lyttle, Rajesh Kumar, Madeleine U Shalowitz, Lori Weiselberg, Catherine D Catrambone, Arthur Evans, Romina Kee, Jon Miller, Linda Kimmel, Leslie C Grammer
Affiliations

The burden of asthma in the Chicago community fifteen years after the availability of national asthma guidelines: the design and initial results from the CHIRAH study

Kevin B Weiss et al. Contemp Clin Trials. 2009 May.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Design Of The CHIRAH Study.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
CHIRAH Study recruitment.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Locations of surveys returned (n=41,255) and T1 cohort (n=914) in Chicago.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Proportion of adults and children with moderate or severe persistent asthma on medications.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Healthy People. Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Printing Office; 2000. - PubMed
    1. Mannino DM, Homa DM, Akinbami LJ, et al. Surveillance for asthma—United States, 1980–1999. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2002;51:1–13. - PubMed
    1. Weiss KB, Gergen PJ,Wagener DK. Breathing better or wheezing worse? The changing epidemiology of asthma morbidity and mortality. Annu Rev Public Health. 1993;14:491–513. - PubMed
    1. Weiss KB, Wagener DK. Changing patterns of asthma mortality. Identifying target populations at high risk. JAMA. 1990;264:1683–1687. - PubMed
    1. Schmidt DK, Fulwood R, Lenfant C. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program: partnering with local asthma coalitions to implement the guidelines. Chest. 1999;116:235S–236S. - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances