Race, asthma, and persistent wheeze in Philadelphia schoolchildren. American Journal of Public Health 1996; 86 (10):1406-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.86. 10.1406Cunningham J, Dockery DW, Speizer FE. Race, asthma, and persistent wheeze in Philadelphia schoolchildren. Am J Public Health 1996;86:1406...
We estimate the prevalence of impaired asthma control among asthmatic children in Hawaii and determine which factors are associated with impaired control.doi:10.1002/ppul.21387Brian H. WuDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary MedicineMichael D. Cabana
Asthma is one of the leading causes of chronic illness among children and the most commonly reported cause of childhood disability. Rates of childhood asthma in the US have been increasing over the last several decades such that the rise in asthma prevalence has been labeled as an epidemic. The...
Asthma mortality in U.S. Hispanics of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban heritage, 1990-1995. We used national vital statistics data for 1990 through 1995 to examine both national and regional age-adjusted mortality rates for U.S. Hispanics of Mexic... D Homa,D Mannino,M Lara - 《American...
ContextAsymptomatic gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is prevalent in children with asthma. Untreated GER has been postulated to be a cause of inadequate
Although the current prevalence of asthma in elderly individuals may be comparable to the general population, the increase in size of this population will likely cause the asthma burden to increase in the next few decades. Asthma in older adults is often
Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean. by Ian Whitmarshtransaminasesdysferlinopathydistal myopathiesNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/amet.12015_9Robert A. Halberstein...
Asthma is the most common chronic condition among children in this country, a prevalence of 8.5% in the general population and 7+% in the Medicaid. The National Health Interview Survey and CMS Medicaid and CHIP claims data show that ambulatory health services remain markedly higher among blacks ...
Among white patients, perceived ICS necessity, ICS knowledge, doctors being perceived as the source of asthma control, and readiness to take medication were the internal factors associated with ICS adherence; these accounted for 19.8% of the variance in adherence. CONCLUSIONS: Factors associated with...
by Kaiser Permanente Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 ...