2501:
Inner-City Environmental Exposures and Childhood Asthma: Emerging Concepts from Home and School Studies
Asthma
Saturday, March 3, 2018: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Hyatt, Convention Level, Celebration 1
1.00 CME/CE
Seminar
Primary Discussion Leaders:
Matthew Perzanowski, PhD
William J. Sheehan, MD
Learning Objectives:
- Describe emerging evidence on allergen exposures specific to inner-city childhood environments, with a focus on mouse and cockroach allergen exposures and successful allergen reduction strategies
- Describe the current literature on air pollution exposures specific to the inner-city and efforts to reduce or eliminate these exposures
- Discuss how young children with asthma are susceptible to harmful effects of these exposures not only in the home, but also in the school environment
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