The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma birth cohort study
Initiatives
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To investigate the immunologic causes of asthma among inner-city children children who grow up in crowded urban neighborhoods.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Start Year
- 2005
- End Year
- 2021
- Funding
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Supplementary Information
- https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00114881
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow up from birth to 16 years old
Marker Paper
Gern JE. The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma study. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010;125(3):545-549. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2010.01.037
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 609
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Families from 4 urban areas who were at high risk for allergies and/or asthma
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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