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In New York City's black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go …
Grist The profiles detail the poverty rate, access to health care, life expectancy, strokes, asthma, mental illness, and cause of death for each neighborhood's population. They reveal the stark reality of how health in New York varies along race and income … |
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Poor Children Drive City's Asthma Rate
Wall Street Journal One in eight New York City children has been diagnosed with asthma, with poor children nearly twice as likely to suffer from the respiratory disease, according to a report to be posted by the city health officials on Wednesday. |
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Black carbon in homes: New York City's asthma culprit.
Environmental Health News Elevated levels of black carbon inside New York City homes are likely to be in neighborhoods where more kids have asthma, a study has found. Proximity to major truck routes and buildings using low-quality fuel oil were related to the black carbon … |
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Housing laws are breath of fresh air for city's children at risk for asthma
New York Daily News The evidence is clear: Even though it affects more than 500000 New Yorkers – more than half of them children – asthma is three times more prevalent in poor … |
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Gardens trigger city's asthma
Times of India Considered the lungs of City Beautiful, the gardens and green belts have 2.28% of Chandigarh population suffering from asthma due to pollen, … |
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