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Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Population-based survey of general population Population-based survey of general population Multisite asthma study Multisite asthma study Multisite asthma study Birth cohort (Tucson) Birth cohort (Boston) NHANES II and III (Arbes et al., 2005) NHANES III (Stevenson et al., 2001) CAMP (Huss et al., 2001) NCICAS (Kattan et al., 1997) ICAS (Gruchalla et al., 2005) Tucson Children's Respiratory Study (Stern et al., 2004) Epidemiology of Home Allergens and Asthma Study (TePas et al., 2006) Children (7 years old) Children (11 years old) Children (5–11 years old) Children (4–9 years old) Children (5–12 years old) Children (6–16 years old) Children and adults (6–59 years old) Population of Interest 131 626 937 1,286 1,041 4,164 17,738 Sample Size 34% (D. pteronyssinus or D. farinae) 14.9% (D. farinae) 61.8% (D. pteronyssinus or D. farinae) 24% (D. farinae), 31% (D. pteronyssinus) 48.5% (D. pteronyssinus or D. farinae) 25% (D. farinae) 4.2% (D. farinae) Fraction Sensitized NOTE: CAMP = Childhood Asthma Management Program, ICAS = Inner-City Asthma Study, NCICAS = National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study, NHANES =National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Type of Study Study TABLE 6-1 Prevalence of Dust Mite Sensitization Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health 168