The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 3 , Pages 537-541.e3 , September 2008

Reduction in asthma-related emergency department visits after implementation of a smoke-free law

  • Mary Kay Rayens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • ,
  • Patricia V. Burkhart, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • ,
  • Mei Zhang, MPH, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • ,
  • Seongjik Lee, EdS

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • ,
  • Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • ,
  • David Mannino, MD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • ,
  • Ellen J. Hahn, DNS, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ellen J. Hahn, DNS, RN, 760 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40536-0232.

Received 21 December 2007 ,Revised 26 June 2008 ,Accepted 26 June 2008.

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 Supported by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: E. J. Hahn receives grant support from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. D. K. Moser receives grant support from the National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Nursing Research and the National Institutes of Health–Nation Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. D. Mannino is on the advisory board for GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer and the Data Safety Monitoring Board for Boehringer-Ingelheim; receives grant support from GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Novartis; and has provided legal consultation or expert witness testimony in cases related to secondhand smoke and diacetyl exposure. M. K. Rayens receives grant support from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(08)01178-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.06.029

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 3 , Pages 537-541.e3 , September 2008

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