Allergic to home
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 05:00
in Health & Medicine
Building characteristics public housing or private duplex, tall or short, new or old are associated with indoor allergens, according to a new study by Northeastern researchers. The report, published in the Journal of Urban Health, found a clinically significant level of cat allergen was associated with living in high-rise buildings, and a high level of mouse allergen was associated with living in public housing. We asked lead author Lindsay Rosenfeld, associate research scientist for the Institute on Urban Health Research, to assess the findings.