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89.3 KPCC |
The inner city might not be to blame for high asthma rates
89.3 KPCC Dr. Stephen Teach helps Jeffery Ulmer listen to his daughter Alauna's asthmatic breathing at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Alauna's mother, Farisa, holds her. The District has one of the highest rates of pediatric asthma in the … |
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Health.com |
Living in Inner City May Not Be Key Asthma Risk Factor
Health.com Poverty increased the risk of asthma, as did being from certain racial/ethnic groups. Asthma rates were 20 percent for Puerto Ricans, 17 percent for blacks, 10 percent for whites, 9 percent for other Hispanics, and 8 percent for Asians, the study found. |
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Yahoo News |
US study finds inner city doesn't raise asthma risk
Yahoo News Instead, it found that being poor, African-American or Puerto Rican were more significant risk factors for asthma than urban living, said the findings by researchers at the John Hopkins University. The study published in the Journal of Allergy and … |
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Design & Trend |
Living In The Inner City May Have No Effect On Asthma Development
Design & Trend A new study has found evidence that contradicts decades of assumptions that living in the city causes asthma. Being poor, black or Puerto Rican, however, has more effect on whether a child develops asthma, according to researchers at John Hopkins in … |
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Maine Public Broadcasting |
The Inner City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates
Maine Public Broadcasting Dr. Stephen Teach helps Jeffery Ulmer listen to his daughter Alauna's asthmatic breathing at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Alauna's mother, Farisa, holds her. The District has one of the highest rates of pediatric asthma in the … |
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WTOP |
Johns Hopkins University study: Living in inner city not biggest asthma risk
WTOP WASHINGTON — A new study out of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore says that income, race and ethnicity play more of a role in a child's asthma risk than where he lives. Researchers say that being poor, black or Puerto Rican are the most important … |
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New York Daily News |
Big city life may not be a key asthma risk: study
New York Daily News The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic. Instead … |
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NPR (blog) |
The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates
NPR (blog) Asthma affects children regardless of where they live and whether they are rich or poor. But scientists have long thought that living in poor urban neighborhoods adds an extra risk for this troublesome lung inflammation. A new study suggests that's not … Researchers Rethink Inner-City Asthma Theory As the poor move from cities, asthma goes with them Asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city, researchers say |
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Fox News |
Big city life may not be a key asthma risk, study finds
Fox News CHICAGO – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic. Instead … |
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NPR (blog) |
The Inner City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates
NPR (blog) Asthma affects children regardless of where they live and whether they are rich or poor. But scientists have long thought that living in poor urban neighborhoods adds an extra risk for this troublesome lung inflammation. A new study suggests that's not … ?Researchers challenge inner-city asthma theory Asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city, researchers say As the poor move from cities, asthma goes with them |
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