Ethnic disparities in the e-cigarette use epidemic and childhood asthma in the US

Luyu Xie^{1

2}, Devika R Rao³, Melissa B Harrell⁴, Denise C Vidot⁵, Andrew Gelfand³, Kimberle Sterling^{1

2}, Sarah E Messiah^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Dallas Campus, Dallas, Texas.
² Center for Pediatric Population Health, Children's Health System of Texas and University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Health Sciences Center at Houston, Austin Campus, Austin, Texas.
⁵ School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Miami School of Nursing, Miami, Florida.

Comment

Luyu Xie et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;55(10):2498-2500.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.24971. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Luyu Xie^{1

2}, Devika R Rao³, Melissa B Harrell⁴, Denise C Vidot⁵, Andrew Gelfand³, Kimberle Sterling^{1

2}, Sarah E Messiah^{1

2}

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Health Science Center, Dallas Campus, Dallas, Texas.
² Center for Pediatric Population Health, Children's Health System of Texas and University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Health Sciences Center at Houston, Austin Campus, Austin, Texas.
⁵ School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Miami School of Nursing, Miami, Florida.

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E-Cigarette Use Associated With Asthma Independent of Cigarette Smoking and Marijuana in a 2017 National Sample of Adolescents.
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