SHS Phase III Asthma Substudy

This continuation study was funded by the NHLBI through the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman’s Health Board. MBIRI field staff was responsible for the recruitment of the entire Dakota Center SHS cohort of which 91% retention was achieved. Staff conducted all of the physical exam and laboratory procedures on the participants per the SHS protocol. This project also included an asthma sub-study through the University of Arizona in which antigen skin tests and spirometry were conducted on 214 participants.

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