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Keeler, G.J., Dvonch, J.T., Yip, F.Y., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Marsik, F., et al.
Assessment of personal exposures to particulate matter (PM) among asthmatic children in Detroit, Michigan as part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA).   Environmental Health Perspectives. 110 (2):  173-181, 2002.

Kim, J., Merry, A.C., Nemzek, J.A., Bolgos, G.L.,Siddiqui, J., and Remick, D.G..
Eotaxin Represents the Principal Eosinophil Chemoattractant in a Novel Murine Asthma Model Induced by House Dust Containing Cockroach Allergens.   Journal of Immunology, 2001, vol 167, 2808-2815

Clark, N.M., Brown, R.W., Parker, E.A., Robins, T.G., Remick, D.G., Philbert, M., Keeler, G.J. and Israel, B.A.
Childhood asthma.  Environmental Health Perspectives Supplement, June 1999

Presentations

2002

Parker, E.A., Salinas, M.A., and the CAAA Steering Committee.
The Community Action Against Asthma Household Intervention:  Using a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Reduce Asthma Triggers, American Thoracic Society.  Atlanta, GA  May, 2002

Israel, B. A., Brakefield-Caldwell, W.
Michigan Center for the Environment and Children's Health's "Community Action Against Asthma" - A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding and Addressing Environmental Triggers to Childhood Asthma in Detroit, Michigan."  Presented at the NIEHS Symposium, Environmental Influences on Childhood Asthma, Society for Toxicology Meeting, Nashville, TN   March 21, 2002

2001

American Public Health Association, Atlanta GA, October 2001:

Parker, E.A., Lewis, T.C.., Israel, B.A., Brakefield-Caldwell, W., Ramirez, E, Robins, T.G., Salinas, M.A.
Community Action Against Asthma's household intervention:  A tailored approach to reducing indoor environmental triggers.

Lewis, T.C., Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Allen, A.A., Denyer, K., Joseph C., Edgren, K.K., Brown, R.W., Israel, B.A.
Using a community-based participatory approach to assess health status, home environmental exposures, and quality of life of asthmatic children and their caregivers in Detroit:  The Community Action Against Asthma experience.

Yip, F.Y., Dvonch, J.T., Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Morishita, M., Brakefield-Caldwell, W., Sam, M., Keeler, G.H.
Community Action Against Asthma:  Assessment of personal exposures to particulate matter (PM) among asthmatic children in Detroit

American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, CA, May 2001:

Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Brown, R.W., Lewis, T.C.. and the CAAA Steering Committee.
Use of a screening questionnaire to estimate prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed asthma among minority children in Detroit.

Lewis, T.C., Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Brown, R.W., Solomon, W., Trestyn, T., Israel, B.A. and the CAAA Steering Committee.
Detroit school children with symptoms of persistent asthma are sensitized to both indoor and outdoor allergens.


Keeler, G.J., Dvonch, J.T., Yip, F.Y., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Marsik, F.J., Morishita, M., Barres, J.A., Robins, T.G., Brakefield-Caldwell, W., Sam, M.
Personal Exposures to Particulate Matter (PM) Among Asthmatic Children in Detroit, MI.  Presented at: International Society of Exposure Analysis annual conference - ISEA 2001,   Charleston, SC  November 4-8, 2001

Yip, F.Y., Keeler, G.J., Dvonch, J.T., Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Brakefield-Caldwell, W.
Characterization of Personal Exposures to Particulate Matter Among Asthmatic Children in an Urban Environment.  Presented at: American Association for Aerosol Research "AAAR 2001 - Twentieth Annual Conference",  Portland, OR   October 15-19, 2001

Dvonch, J.T., Keeler, G.J., Yip, F.Y., Robins, T.G., Marsik, F.J., Morishita, M., Parker, E.A., Sam, M.
Assessment of Spatial and Seasonal Variation and Size Fractionation of Particulate Matter in Detroit, Michigan.  Presented at: American Association for Aerosol Research "AAAR 2001 - Twentieth Annual Conference",   Portland, OR  October 15-19, 2001

Remick, D.G., Merry, A.C., Nemzek, J.A., Bolgos, G.L., Siddiqui, J., Kim, J.
Immunopathology of Allergic Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by House Dust Containing Cockroach Allergens.  World Asthma Conference, Chicago, IL  July 2001

Kim, J., Merry, A.C., Nemzek, J.A., Bolgos, G.L., Siddiqui, J., Remick, D.G.
Asthma Like Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by House Dust With High Levels of Cockroach Allergens.  World Asthma Conference, Chicago, IL   July 2001

Brakefield-Caldwell, W.
Racial and Ethnic Minorities as Research Subjects.  Tuskegee, AL  April 2001

Kim, J., Merry, A.C., Nemzek, J.A., Bolgos, G.L., Siddiqui, J., Remick, D.G.
Household dust extract containing high levels of cockroach allergens induces asthma-like pulmonary inflammation in a mouse asthma model.   Experimental Biology, Orlando, FL  March 2001

Merry, A.C., Nemzek, J.A., Kim, J., Bolgos, G.L., Siddiqui, J., Remick, D.G.
CXC chemokines KC and MIP-2 recruit neutrophils to the pulmonary space without significant damage.   Experimental Biology, Orlando, FL  March 2001

Parker, E.A.
Michigan Center for the Environment and Children's Health's "Community Action Against Asthma" - A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Environmental Triggers to Childhood Asthma in Detroit, Michigan, USA".   Invited presentation, University of Otego Medical School, Department of Public Health & General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand  February, 2001

2000

Dvonch, J.T., Marsik, F.J., Keeler, G.J., Robins, T.G., Yip, F.Y., and Morishita, M.
Field Comparison of PM02.5 TEOM and PM-2.5 Manual Filter-Based Measurement Methods in Urban Atmospheres.  Presented at:  American Association for Aerosol Research "AAAR 2000 - Nineteenth Annual Conference",  St. Louis, Missouri.  November 6-10, 2000

Yip, F.Y., Dvonch, J.T., Robins, T.G., Parker, T., Morishita, M. and Keeler, G.J.
Measurements of Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Exposure to Particulate Matter Among Asthmatic Children in Detroit, Michigan.  Presented at: "International Symposium on Measurement of Toxic and Related Air Pollutants",  Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  September 12-14, 2000

Dvonch, J.T., Marsik, F.J., Keeler, G.J., Robins, T.G., Yip, F.Y. and Morishita, M.
Field Comparison of PM-2.5 TEOM and PM-2.5 Manual Filter-Based Measurement Methods in Urban Atmospheres.  Presented at: "European Aerosol Conference 2000",  Dublin, Ireland.  September 4-8, 2000

Robins, T.R., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Brown, R.W., Lewis, T.C., and the CAAA Steering Committee.
"Use of a Screening Questionnaire to Estimate Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Asthma Among Minority Children in Detroit",  American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto  Canada  May, 2000

Lewis, T.C., Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Brown, R.W., Solomon, W., Tresstyn, T.R., Israel, B.A., and the CAAA Steering Committee.
"Detroit School Children With Symptoms of Persistent Asthma Are Sensitized to Both Indoor and Outdoor Allergens",  American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto  Canada  May, 2000,

Parker, E.A., Brown, R.W., Israel, B.A., Yip, F.Y.
"Michigan Center for the Environment and Children's Health's Community Action Against Asthma: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Environmental Triggers to Childhood Asthma in Detroit."   At the 14th Annual Minority Health Conference, Public Health Students of African Descent, Ann Arbor, MI, March 25, 2000.

Parker, E.A., and Brakefield-Caldwell, W.
"Combining Research and Intervention in Community-Based Participatory Research",   presented at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-sponsored meeting "Successful Models of Community-Based Participatory Research", Washington DC, March 29, 2000.

Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.J., Parker, E.A., Becker, A.B.
"Community-Based Participatory Research: Principles, Rationale, and Policy Implications", presented at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-sponsored meeting "Successful Models of Community-Based Participatory Research, Washington DC, March 29, 2000

1999

Parker, E.A., Robins, T.G., Israel, B.A., and Community Action Against Asthma Steering Committee.
"Community Action Against Asthma" - A Community-Based Research Partnership Approach to Reducing Environmental Triggers to Childhood Asthma in Detroit"   American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL  1999

Robins, T.G., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., and Community Action Against Asthma Steering Committee.
"Development and use of a Mailed Screening Questionnaire to Estimate Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Moderate to Severe Asthma among Minority Children Living in Detroit"    American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL  1999

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