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Bibliography 

Background

• The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Lung Association, The Christmas Seal People, Biological Pollutants in our Home

• Environmental Protection Agency, Biological Pollutants in Your Home

• Environmental Protection Agency, Building Air Quality, September 1991

• Environmental Protection Agency, Partners in Indoor Environmental Protection.

• Environmental Protection Agency, Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and other Disorders, December 1992

• Environmental Protection Agency, The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality, April 1995

• HUD, Help Yourself to a Healthy Home, 2002

• Indoor Air Pollution, An Introduction for Health Professionals

• Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air, Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposure

• The National Association of Home Builders and the NAHB Research Center, Building Greener, Building Better: The Quiet Revolution, October 2002

• National Low Income Housing Coalition, America’s Neighbors: The affordable Housing Crisis and the People it Affects, February 2004

• Terry Brennan and Ellen Tohn, Shelter:  How Houses Work, September 2004

Keep It Dry and Mold

• Environmental Protection Agency, A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home

• Environmental Protection Agency, Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings, July 2001

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Drainage Around Your Home

Clean and Cleanable

• Environmental Health Watch, Controlling Asthma Triggers in the Home, April 2002

• Environmental Protection Agency, Should you have the air ducts in your home cleaned?

• Inform-Strategies for a better environment, Cleaning for Health: Products and Practices for a Safer Indoor Environment, 2002

 Keep It Contaminant-Free

• CRI, CRI Green Label Plus Fact Sheet, June 2004

• Design for the Environment, Garment and Textile Care Program, June 1998

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, An Update on Formaldehyde 1997 Revision, Washington, DC 1997

• Environmental Protection Agency, Lead in Your Home: A Parent’s Reference Guide, June 1998 

• Environmental Protection Agency, How Nitrogen Oxide affects the way we live and breathe, September 1998

• Environmental Protection Agency, Read the Label First

• Environmental Protection Agency, Children and Second Hand Smoke, March 1999

• Environmental Protection Agency, Illegal Pesticide Products, September 2004

• National Health and Safety Performance Standards,  Poisonous Plants and Safe Plants

Home Assessment Tools

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Cockroaches Decision Guide

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Cockroach Report

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Floor Plan

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Mold and Moisture Report

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Sampling Results Report Instructions

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Sampling Results Report

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Site Plan

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Visual Survey Instructions

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Visual Survey Report

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Inspection Form-Housing Choice Voucher Program

Keep It Maintained

• Asthma Regional Council, Property Maintenance for a Healthy Home

• National Center for Healthy Housing, Home Maintenance Checklist

Keep It Safe

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Tips for your Baby Safety

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Household Batteries Can Cause Chemical Burns

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, The “Invisible” Killer

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Infants and Toddlers can Drown in 5-Gallon Buckets

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Home Electrical Safety Audit Room by Room Checklist

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Guide to Home Wiring Hazards

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Poison Cookout Checklist

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Tap Water Scalds

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Think Toy Safety

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Children Can Strangle in Window Covering Cords

• City of Mesa Arizona, Gun Safety - a Parents Guide

• Parents Guide to Firearm Safety

Keep it Pest Free

• Environmental Protection Agency, Citizen’s Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety, September 1999

• Environmental Protection Agency, Dos and Don'ts of Pest Control

• Environmental Protection Agency, Illegal Pesticide Products

• Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides and Child Safety

• Environmental Protection Agency, Read the Label First, Protect Your Household

• Environmental Protection Agency, Read the Label First, Protect Your Children

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pest Management

Keep It Well Ventilated

• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Overheated Clothes Dryers can Cause fires, June 2003

• U.S. Department of Energy, Air Sealing-Seal Air Leaks and Save Energy, November 1999

• U.S. Department of Energy, Attic Access, February 2000

• U.S. Department of Energy, Ceilings and Attics, February 2000

• U.S. Department of Energy, Combustion Equipment Safety, October 2000

• U.S. Department of Energy, Crawlspace Insulation, December 2000

• U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency Pays, March 1999

• Environmental Protection Agency, Homeowner’s Guide to Ventilation

• Environmental Protection Agency, IAQ Glossary and Acronyms

Making It Work

     Using Data

• Kathleen B. Cooper, Housing Data between the Censuses: The American Housing Survey Washington D.C. 2004

• State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Asthma in Maryland 2003, 2003

• Errata, Data Error in the American Housing Survey for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area in 1998, December 2001

• Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Childhood Lead Registry 2002 Annual Surveillance report Executive Summary, November 2003

• State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Child Death Report 2002

• Maryland Poison Center, Toxalert 2003 Statistical Report, July 2004

• Linda F. McCaig M.P.H. and Catherine W. Burt, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002 Emergency Department Summary, March 18, 2004

• Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D.; Robert N. Anderson Ph.D.; Hsiang-Ching Kung Ph.D.; Sherrly L Murphy B.S.; Kenneth D. Kochaneck M.A.; Division of Vital Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 2001, September 18, 2003

• National Center for Health Statistics, Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey 2002, March 2004

     Legal and Liability

• Health Housing Solutions. Protecting the Privacy of Patients Health Information, April 2003

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, CEHRC Resident Agreement

• Community Environment Health Resource Center, Respecting and Protecting the Rights of Families and Tenants

• Covered Entity Charts, July 2003

• Environmental Law Institute, Improving Indoor Air Quality In Rental Dwellings, June 2003.

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Privacy and Your Health Information

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule

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