A5075233055- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Noise Effects and Management
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- School Health and Nursing Education
Columbia University
2016-2025
Center for Children
2009-2023
University of Sioux Falls
2023
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2017-2022
University of Washington
2020
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2019
Faculty of 1000 (United States)
2018
Seoul National University Hospital
2018
Public Health Agency
2018
Korea University
2018
The prevalence of childhood asthma in the USA increased by 50% from 1980 to 2000, with especially high poor urban communities.Data on among children aged 4-5 years and hospitalisations for less than 15 old were available 42 health service catchment areas within New York City. Street tree counts provided City Department Parks Recreation. proximity pollution sources, sociodemographic characteristics population density each area also measured.Controlling potential confounders, an increase 1...
Urban landscape elements, particularly trees, have the potential to affect airflow, air quality, and production of aeroallergens. Several large-scale urban tree planting projects sought promote respiratory health, yet evidence linking cover human health is limited.We investigate association canopy with subsequent development childhood asthma, wheeze, rhinitis, allergic sensitization.Birth cohort study data were linked detailed geographic information systems characterizing 2001 coverage based...
An inverse relationship has been proposed between exposure to high quantities of cat allergen at home and both asthma allergy. First- second-grade children from Luleå, Kiruna, Piteå, Sweden participated in an questionnaire study (n = 3,431) incidence was evaluated over the next 3 years. Skin testing performed on Luleå Kiruna 2,149). The strongest risk factor for incident cases Type 1 allergy (relative [RR], 4.9 [2.9–8.4]), followed by a family history (RR, 2.83 [1.8–4.5]). Living with...
Background: Studies suggest that phthalate exposures may adversely affect child respiratory health.Objectives: We evaluated associations between asthma diagnosed in children 5 and 11 years of age prenatal to butylbenzyl (BBzP), di-n-butyl (DnBP), di(2-ethylhexyl) (DEHP), diethyl (DEP).Methods: Phthalate metabolites were measured spot urine collected from 300 pregnant inner-city women. Children examined by an allergist or pulmonologist based on the first parental report wheeze, other...
Professionally delivered integrated pest management (IPM) interventions can reduce home mouse allergen concentrations, but whether they asthma morbidity among mouse-sensitized and exposed children adolescents is unknown.To determine the effect of an IPM intervention on with asthma.Randomized clinical trial conducted in Baltimore, Maryland, Boston, Massachusetts. Participants were (aged 5-17 years) randomized to receive professionally plus education or alone. Enrollment occurred between May...
<h3>Background</h3> Acetaminophen has been associated with asthma and is in part metabolised via the glutathione pathway. Inner-city minority children have high morbidity a relatively frequency of minor allele variant S transferase <i>Pi</i> gene (GSTP1). We hypothesised that prenatal acetaminophen exposure would predict wheeze at age 5 years an inner-city cohort examined whether this association was modified by common polymorphisms genes related to <h3>Methods</h3> An ongoing...
Recent cross-sectional studies suggest a link between butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) in house dust and childhood eczema.We aimed to evaluate whether concentrations of monobenzyl (MBzP), the main BBzP metabolite urine, during pregnancy are associated prospectively with eczema young children, this association varies by child's sensitization indoor allergens or serological evidence any allergies.MBzP was measured spot urine samples third trimester from 407 African-American Dominican women...
This paper reports on validation experiments with the recently developed microAeth®, a pocket-sized device which is able to obtain real-time and personal measurements of black carbon (BC) aerosol. High reproducibility was observed when comparing results from six new individual units during fixed-site monitoring out window (relative standard deviation [RSD] = 8% ± 5%, N 1442). The obtained microAeth devices agreed those full size rack mounted Aethalometer, based both 1-minute data (R 0.92,...
BackgroundPreviously, we reported that prenatal exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and postnatal environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in combination were associated with respiratory symptoms at ages 1 2 years. Here, hypothesized children exposed both PAH ETS may be greater risk of asthma seroatopy 5–6 years, after controlling for current pollution exposure.MethodsPrenatal exposure was measured by personal air monitoring over 48 h. exposure, years assessed through questionnaire....
Both short and long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollutants have been associated with asthma reduced lung function. We hypothesized that short-term indoor fine particulate matter <2.5 μm (PM2.5) vanadium (V) would be altered buccal cell DNA methylation of targeted genes decreased function among urban children in a nested subcohort African American Dominican children. Six day integrated levels were measured from children's homes (age 9–14; n = 163), repeated 6 months later (n 98)....