Community action against asthma
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Assessment of personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter among children with asthma in Detroit, Michigan, as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA).
We report on the research conducted by the Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA) in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate personal and community-level exposures to particulate matter (PM) among children with asthma living in an urban environment. CAAA is a community-based participatory research collaboration among academia, health agencies, and community-based organizations. CAAA investigates the eff...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20322.x