Asthma — School-based Asthma Therapy: Stage 2 Effectiveness Study
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Blaakman S, Tremblay PJ, Halterman JS, Fagnano M, Borrelli B Implementation of a community-based secondhand smoke reduction intervention for caregivers of urban children with asthma: process evaluation, successes and challenges. Health Educ Res. 2013 Feb;28(1):141-52. doi: 10.1093/her/cys070. Epub 2012 Jun 20.
Evans KA, Halterman JS, Hopke PK, Fagnano M, Rich DQ Increased ultrafine particles and carbon monoxide concentrations are associated with asthma exacerbation among urban children. Environ Res. 2014 Feb;129:11-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.12.001. Epub 2014 Jan 11.
Fagnano M, Bayer AL, Isensee CA, Hernandez T, Halterman JS Nocturnal asthma symptoms and poor sleep quality among urban school children with asthma. Acad Pediatr. 2011 Nov-Dec;11(6):493-9. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2011.05.006. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
Fagnano M, Conn KM, Halterman JS Environmental tobacco smoke and behaviors of inner-city children with asthma. Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Sep-Oct;8(5):288-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.04.002. Epub 2008 May 12.
Fagnano M, Halterman JS, Conn KM, Shone LP Health literacy and sources of health information for caregivers of urban children with asthma. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 Mar;51(3):267-73. doi: 10.1177/0009922811421413. Epub 2011 Sep 12.
Halterman JS, Borrelli B, Fisher S, Szilagyi P, Yoos L Improving care for urban children with asthma: design and methods of the School-Based Asthma Therapy (SBAT) trial. J Asthma. 2008 May;45(4):279-86. doi: 10.1080/02770900701854908.
Koehler AD, Fagnano M, Montes G, Halterman JS Elevated burden for caregivers of children with persistent asthma and a developmental disability. Matern Child Health J. 2014 Nov;18(9):2080-8. doi: 10.1007/s10995-014-1455-6.
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School-Based Asthma Therapy: Stage 2 Effectiveness Study
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