| Literature DB >> 25459579 |
Peter J Gergen1, Alkis Togias2.
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. Published by Elsevier Inc.Entities:
Keywords: Asthma; Disparities; Inner city; Intervention; Poverty; Severity
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25459579 PMCID: PMC4254510 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2014.09.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunol Allergy Clin North Am ISSN: 0889-8561 Impact factor: 3.479