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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2018

Nitrogen dioxide exposure in school classrooms of inner-city children with asthma.

Jonathan M Gaffin, Marissa Hauptman, Carter R Petty, William J Sheehan, Peggy S Lai, Jack M Wolfson, Diane R Gold, Brent A Coull, Petros Koutrakis, Wanda Phipatanakul

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The Impact of the Indoor Environment on Childhood Asthma.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2025
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  13. The effects of urban green space and road proximity to indoor traffic-related PMJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024
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  18. HEPA filtration intervention in classrooms may improve some students' asthma.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan M GaffinDivision of Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Marissa HauptmanHarvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Carter R PettyClinical Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
William J SheehanHarvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Peggy S LaiHarvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
Jack M WolfsonDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
Diane R GoldDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass; Channing Institute of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Brent A CoullDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
Petros KoutrakisDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
Wanda PhipatanakulHarvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: wanda.phipatanakul@childrens.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR001102 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2013 to 2017
$106.2M
Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI SUSAN A KORRICK · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
Controlling and preventing Asthma progression and Severity in Kids (CASK)U01AI126614 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PHIPATANAKUL, WANDA · 2016 to 2023
$21.0M
Effect of Ambient Particles on Acute Stroke OnsetP01ES009825 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI MITTLEMAN, MURRAY A · 1999 to 2009
$17.4M
SICAS- Diversity SupplementU01AI110397 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PHIPATANAKUL, WANDA · 2015 to 2020
$8.8M
AsthmaNet: Brigham and Women's Hospital & Children's Hospital BostonU10HL098102 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ISRAEL, ELLIOT, PHIPATANAKUL, WANDA · 2009 to 2015
$5.5M
ALLERGENS IN INNER-CITY SCHOOLS AND CHILDHOOD ASTHMAR01AI073964 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI PHIPATANAKUL, WANDA · 2008 to 2012
$4.6M
Environmental Risk Factors for Pediatric Sleep Disordered BreathingR01HL137192 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PHIPATANAKUL, WANDA · 2017 to 2020
$3.5M
MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF CHILDRENU61TS000237 · TS · AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS · PI SACHDEVA, RAMESH · 2014 to 2015
$2.2M
Midcareer Investigator Award: Urban School Allergen Exposures and Childhood AsthmK24AI106822 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PHIPATANAKUL, WANDA · 2013 to 2022
$1.9M
Role of Peanut Allergen in Urban Schools and PreschoolsK23AI104780 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SHEEHAN, WILLIAM JAMES · 2014 to 2018
$912k
School-based air pollution and asthma morbidity in Inner City School ChildrenK23AI106945 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GAFFIN, JONATHAN MARK · 2013 to 2017
$822k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001102NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137192NHLBI NIH HHS U10 HL098102NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI104780NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI106945NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI106822NIAID NIH HHS L40 AI107923NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073964NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI110397NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI126614NIEHS NIH HHS K23 ES023700NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES009825NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmbient and home exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO

objectiveWe aimed to determine the effect of indoor classroom NO

methodsChildren enrolled in the School Inner-City Asthma Study were followed for 1 academic year. Subjects performed spirometry and had fraction of exhaled nitric oxide values measured twice during the school year at school. Classroom NO

resultsThe mean NO

conclusionIn children with asthma, indoor classroom NO

Indexed as

AsthmaSchoolsAdolescentAir Pollution, IndoorChildChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansMaleNitrogen DioxideOxidants, PhotochemicalRespiratory Function TestsUrban PopulationNitrogen DioxideOxidants, PhotochemicalAsthmaexhaled nitric oxideindoor air pollutionnitrogen dioxideobstructive lung diseasespirometry

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PMID28988796
PMCPMC5886827
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