Pest Control Links

Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics
<http://www.aanma.org/>

Allergies, Asthma, Immunology
<http://allergy.mcg.edu>
Information on asthma and allergies from the allergists’ professional.

Allergy and Clinical Immunology- Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy
<http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/allergy/>

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
<http://www.aaaai.org>

American Lung Association's Asthma Page
<http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=2058817&content_id={531795E9-AEA5-4917-A81C-E133E52E6E8A}&notoc=1>
The American Lung Association's asthma page contains good gerneral asthma information and lung health advocacy actions.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
<http://www.aafa.org>

Asthma- American Healthcare Foundation
<http://www.asthma-md.org/>

Asthma- American Lung Association of Ohio
<http://www.ohiolung.org/asthma1.htm>

Asthma, Children and Pesticides: Did You Know?
Beyond Pesticides - National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
<http://www.beyondpesticides.org/children/asthma/index.htm>

Asthma Facts, Free Breathing
<http://www.freebreather.com/asthma/asthma_facts.aspx>

Asthma Friendly Schools
<http://asthmafriendlyschools.org.au>

Asthma Learning Lab

<http://www.asthmalearninglab.com/>

Asthma Medications for Indigent Patients- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
<http://www.ashp.org/homecare/asthma-resource.cfm?cfid=1596315&CFToken=84245732>
Lists programs, eligibility and contact information by medication and manufacturer.

AsthmaMoms, Families Helping Families Manage Asthma
<http://www.asthmamoms.com/>
A network of families sharing answers for managing their children's asthma.

Asthma- National Institute of Environmental Healtha Sciences, National Institute of Health
<http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/conditions/asthma/>

Asthma- National Jewish Medical & Research Center
<http://www.nationaljewish.org/disease-info/diseases/asthma/about/index.aspx>

Asthma, Traffic and Air Pollution- Environmental Defense Fund <http://www2.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=38>

Asthma and Indoor Environments -EPA
<http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/>

Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality, 2002-National Center for Health Statistics - New Asthma Estimates
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/asthma/asthma.htm>

Boston Medical Center "Not Safe at Home" Online Report
<http://www.bmc.org/pediatrics/research/Research/Doc4Kids/docs4kids_report.pdf>

Breathing Easy: Solutions in Pediatric Asthma
<http://www.mchlibrary.info/documents/asthma.html>
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health

Center for Disease Control Asthma Page
<www.cdc.gov/asthma>

Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Speaker's Kit for Health Care Professionals
<http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/speakit/default.htm>

Child Care Asthma/Allergy Action Card - AAFA

<http://www.aafa.org/pdfs/childcard_allergyaction_card.pdf>

Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures- National Academic Press
<http://www.nap.edu/books/0309064961/html/>
Full text book on-line, by the Institute of Medicine (2000).

Community Environmental Health Resource Center
<http://www.cehrc.org/>

Environmental Council of the States- National Childhood Asthma Prevention Campaign
<http://www.ecos.org/section/projects/?id=651>

GreaterCleveland.localhealth.info - Asthma
<http://clevelandhealth.info/>

Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
<http://www.ginasthma.com>
GINA is a project National Insitute of Health and the World Health Organization.  The site has excellent guides for asthma management for health professionals and patients and a detailed slide show on asthma management.

Global Warming Increases Asthma- Science and Development Network <http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=1360&language=1>

Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers-EPA
<http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/triggers.html>
EPA's guide to clearing your home of asthma triggers.  Good information except on pest control.

See EHW's Getting Rid of Roaches section from our Controlling Asthma Hazards in Your Home for the latest information on highly effective, least-toxic to humans approaches.

Ohio Asthma Coalition
<http://www.ohioasthmacoalition.org>

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
<http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp/index.htm>

New England Asthma Regional Council (ARC)
<http://www.asthmaregionalcouncil.org/>

Pediatric Asthma Initiative- The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
<http://www.neetf.org/Health/asthma.htm>
Includes Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma Guidelines

Pediatric Asthma Org- Models for Advancing Asthma Care
<http://www.pediatricasthma.org/>

StopAllergy
<http://www.stopallergy.com>
A coalition of allergists provides allergy control tips, products and research summaries

Sustainable Cleveland Project - Asthma Page
http://www.nhlink.net/enviro/scp/asthma.html

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