Henry Lynn

TL;DR: The combination of cockroach allergy and exposure to high levels of this allergen may help explain the frequency of asthma-related health problems in inner-city children.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that children who were both allergic to cockroach and exposed to high levels of this allergen had 0.37 hospitalization a year, as compared with 0.11 for the other children (P=0.43) and 2.56 unscheduled medical visits for asthma per year.

TL;DR: Despite widespread exposure to household allergens, the strongest relationship between exposure and sensitization was seen in the bedroom and suggested that exposure to low doses of allergen, 2 U/g or less, was a risk factor and that the risk plateaus above 4 U/G.

TL;DR: Although access to asthma care among children in US inner cities appears adequate as determined by the traditional measure of reporting a regular source of care, barriers are frequently reported, as are deficiencies in the quality of medical care.

TL;DR: The NCICAS Phase II intervention study which is currently underway will provide an opportunity to validate this measure and its morbidity relationship in a more direct, prospective design as mentioned in this paper, which includes a wide range of access factors which could potentially be related to asthma morbidity.