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The specific aims of this study are:
- To characterize the profile of allergen exposures inside 100 Harlem apartments in which one or more allergic/asthmatic individuals reside, and to simultaneously assess exposures to potential covariates or confounders, including ETS, NO2, and PM2.5.
- To characterize the immunologic status of the allergic/asthmatic individuals at baseline using both standard and innovative molecular immunologic methods.
- To evaluate the feasibility of interventions to reduce indoor allergen levels in these apartments. The allergen sources to be evaluated include cockroaches, dust mites, rodents, and fungi.
- To test and compare the effectiveness of apartment-level and building-level interventions focused on two or more of the allergens evaluated in (3).
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