Article: National prevalence and exposure risk for cockroach allergen in U.S. households.(Research)

Article: Cockroach allergen may have greatest impact on childhood asthma.(Research Notebook)
FDA Consumer;  May 1, 2005 ;     619 words ......inner-city children suggest that cockroach allergen worsens asthma symptoms more than...allergens. These data confirm that cockroach allergen is the primary contributor to childhood...Northeastern U.S. cities had high levels of cockroach allergen, while those in the South and ...

Article: Roaches cause asthma in inner-city kids: study.
Jet;  May 26, 1997 ;     237 words ......said. Our findings provide evidence that exposure to cockroach allergen has an important role in causing morbidity due to asthma...Medicine. These results suggest that reducing exposure to cockroach allergen should be an important component of plans for the management...

Article: Prediction of residential pet and cockroach allergen levels using questionnaire information.(Research / Article)
Environmental Health Perspectives;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......for dog, and 2 U/g and 8 U/g for cockroach allergen. For the upper cut point, both specificity...authors reported significant levels of cockroach allergen for homes without reports of cockroach...severity, we measured cat, dog, and cockroach allergen levels in dust samples from the ...

Article: Socioeconomic Predictors of High Allergen Levels in Homes in the Greater Boston Area.
Environmental Health Perspectives;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......g/g Der p 1 or Der f 1), 13% for cockroach allergen ([is greater than or equal to] 2...level) were more likely to have high cockroach allergen levels than homes in the low-poverty...levels and a greater risk of high cockroach allergen levels. Within a single U.S. metropolitan...

Article: Baking the Bugs Out.
Environmental Health Perspectives;  July 1, 2000 ;     149 words ......Florida scientists sampled 19 store-purchased wheat flours, processed wheat mixes, and corn meals, and found that the cockroach allergen Bla g2 is prevalent in these products and could cause episodes of baker's asthma. The scientists say exposure to the allergen...

Article: National Probability Samples in Studies of Low-Prevalence Diseases. Part II: Designing and Implementing the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study Sample.
Health Services Research;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......design and implementation of a nationally representative probability sample of persons...information that can be obtained, nationally representative sample designs are rarely used...discouraged from attempting to assemble nationally representative cohorts of patients and providers...

Article: Climb every mountain: teachers who think they should make a difference ... do!
Education Next;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......both questions. My study of a nationally representative sample of 1st graders and their...surveys that track information on a nationally representative sample of elementary-school students...generalized to teachers of a nationally representative sample of 1st-grade students...

Article: Frozen pizza industry leaves consumers wanting more, survey finds.
Frozen Food Digest;  December 1, 2003 ;     413 words ......93% of respondents), the survey (conducted among a nationally representative sample of 15,007 adult consumers) found many Americans...satisfied. Methodology: The results are based on a nationally representative survey conducted online during August 2003 among 15...

Article: Regardless of whether they are sexually experienced, the overwhelming majority of U.S. 15-17-year-olds think that it is "a good thing" to postpone sexual involvement until after high school, according to results of a nationally representative survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and seventeen magazine.(Brief Article)
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health;  November 1, 2003 ;     87 words ......15-17-year-olds think that it is a good thing to postpone sexual involvement until after high school, according to results of a nationally representative survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and seventeen magazine. Teenagers also see a variety of benefits to...

Article: Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States, 1999-2000.(Synopses)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......1988-1994). NHANES collects data on a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian population...Each survey year is based on a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized...for T. gondii antibodies from a nationally representative sample of ...

Article: AP Poll Method, Questions and Results
AP Online;  October 28, 2007 ;     148 words ......Press-Ipsos poll on Halloween was conducted Oct. 16-18, 2007, based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,013 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. Digits in the phone numbers...

Article: AP Poll Method
AP Online;  October 29, 2007 ;     156 words ......Halloween costumes and the presidential candidates was conducted October 16-18, 2007, based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,013 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated...

Article: How poll was done
AP Online;  August 13, 2008 ;     151 words ......Press-Ipsos poll on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was conducted Aug. 7-11 and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults from all states. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach...

Article: Poll Method, Questions, Results
AP Online;  August 15, 2007 ;     151 words ......Press-Ipsos poll on President Bush and Congress was conducted Aug. 6-8, 2007, based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,003 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated...