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Review
. 2015 Feb;35(1):101-14.
doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2014.09.006. Epub 2014 Oct 18.

Inner city asthma

Peter J Gergen  1 , Alkis Togias  2
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Review

Inner city asthma

Peter J Gergen et al. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

The inner city has long been recognized as an area of high asthma morbidity and mortality. A wide range of factors interact to create this environment. These factors include well-recognized asthma risk factors that are not specific to the inner city, the structure and delivery of health care, the location and function of the urban environment, and social inequities. In this article, these facets are reviewed, and successful and unsuccessful interventions are discussed, to understand what is needed to solve this problem.

Keywords: Asthma; Disparities; Inner city; Intervention; Poverty; Severity.

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