Background To determine the relationships between religiosity, religions and glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D).Methods This is a cross-sectional study conducted at an urban, university-based, teaching outpatient clinic. Religiosity was assessed with the Beliefs and Values Scale (BV), which contains 20 items each with a Likert scale of five possible responses. The range of scor...

BACKGROUND Evidence for environmental causes of asthma is limited, especially among African Americans. To look for systematic differences in early life domestic exposures between inner-city preschool children with and without asthma, we performed a study of home indoor air pollutants and allergens. METHODS Children 2-6 years of age were enrolled in a cohort study in East Baltimore, Maryland. ...

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BACKGROUND Exposure to mouse allergen is prevalent in inner-city homes and is associated with an increased risk of mouse skin test sensitivity in inner-city children with asthma. OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of mouse allergen and its relationship to mouse skin test sensitivity in a primarily suburban, middle-class population of asthmatic children. METHODS Children with asthma, 6 ...

allergen levels in the spring, consistent with findings seen in the classroom. Interestingly, the presence of a basement did not predict higher classroom allergen levels as would be expected andwas only associated with higher cafeteria airborne levels. Similar to previous studies, the reported presence of mice in homes was predictive of higher mouse allergen levels.5,6 However, home allergen le...

Dakwah is an invitation to implement religion in everyday life whose primary object humans. Humans are essentially forgetful creatures, so they need dakwah. The Qur'an sees the forgetfulness inherent human identity as a holy and perfect creature. noble task for Muslims. Da'wah activities will be significantly helped if supported by many parties, including local government. And KODI, non-regiona...