This evaluation examined whether participation in a home-based environmental educational intervention would reduce exposure to health and safety hazards and asthma-related medical visits. The home intervention program focused on vulnerable, low-income households, where children had asthma, were at risk for lead poisoning, or faced multiple unsafe housing conditions. Home visitors conducted two ...

BACKGROUND Chronic diseases are increasing among children in Latin America. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS To examine environmental risk factors for chronic disease in Latin American children and to develop a strategic initiative for control of these exposures, the World Health Organization (WHO) including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Collegium Ramazzini, and Latin American scienti...

1School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Cardiff, United Kingdom; 4Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Public Health England, Birmingham, United Kin...

OBJECTIVES To assess indoor secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in restaurants and bars via PM(2.5) level measurements in five cities in China. METHODS The study was conducted from July to September in 2007 in Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Kunming and Guiyang. PM(2.5) concentrations were measured in 404 restaurants and bars using portable aerosol monitors. The occupant density and the active smoker dens...