Demographics, not location, explain high inner-city asthma rates – Clinical Advisor

Demographics, not location, explain high inner-city asthma rates
Clinical Advisor
“Although it is thought that inner-city areas have a high burden of asthma, the prevalence of asthma in inner cities across the United States is not known,” noted Corinne A. Keet, MD, PHD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues.
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The Inner City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates – Maine Public Broadcasting


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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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The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates – NPR (blog)


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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 …
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The Inner City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates – NPR (blog)


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 theoryCBS News
Asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city, researchers sayWashington Post
As the poor move from cities, asthma goes with themUSA TODAY
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Detroit has some of America’s highest asthma rates. (Photo: Ankur Dholakia … – The Detroit News


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Detroit has some of America's highest asthma rates. (Photo: Ankur Dholakia
The Detroit News
We want to applaud The Detroit News for shining a light on the problem of childhood asthma in Detroit in your recent article, “Health providers target Detroit's child asthma woes.”) The tragedy of asthma is not only that it limits the lives of so many

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