Comparison of Asthma Prevalence Among African American Teenage Youth Attending Public High Schools in Rural Georgia and Urban Detroit

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Compares the prevalence of asthma among African American youth in rural Georgia and Detroit, Michigan. Examines potential contributing factors for asthma, including rural-urban residence, socioeconomic status, and ancestry.

Dennis R. Ownby, Martha S. Tingen, Suzanne Havstad, et al.

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 136(3), 595-600.e3

09/2015

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Black or African American · Children and youth · Chronic respiratory conditions · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Georgia · Michigan