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Title: Risk factors for asthma prevalence among urban and nonurban African American children.

Authors: von Maffei, J; Beckett, W S; Belanger, K; Triche, E; Zhang, H; Machung, J F; Leaderer, B P

Published In J Asthma, (2001 Oct)

Abstract: Urban residence is a risk factor for asthma. We examined multiple risk factors simultaneously among African American children. We interviewed 2409 African American mothers of newborns who had at least 1 child at home under 18 years of age. Sixteen percent reported at least 1 child with physician-diagnosed asthma. Significantly associated with an asthmatic child were maternal asthma and allergies, maternal cigarette smoking, a humidifying device, and a gas range or oven in the home. Urban residence was related to asthma but became nonsignificant once other factors were controlled for. Asthma associated with urban residence may be explained by identifiable factors.

PubMed ID: 11714078 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: African Americans/statistics & numerical data*; African Continental Ancestry Group; Asthma/epidemiology; Asthma/ethnology*; Child; Connecticut/epidemiology; Cooking/instrumentation; Female; Humans; Humidity; Infant, Newborn; Maternal Age; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Rural Population; Socioeconomic Factors; Suburban Population; Tobacco Smoke Pollution; Urban Population; Virginia/epidemiology

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