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Article: LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEGINS FIRST PHASE OF MAJOR ASTHMA PREVENTION PROJECT

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October 30, 2006
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The City University of New York issued the following news release:

With an estimated one million adults and children in New York City suffering from asthma, LaGuardia Community College is taking the lead in addressing this serious health issue by conducting a major asthma home assessment and prevention project in Queens and Parkchester in the Bronx.

Through a $248,000 three-year Environmental Protection Administration grant, college faculty members have trained allied health majors to conduct in-depth, home surveys of some 300 family members who suffer from this chronic disease and to teach them how to eliminate harmful 'asthma triggers.'

Since the home visits began last summer, 54 master ...

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