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Social factors influence neighborhood asthma rates

Posted: July 5, 2009 in Social Network
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Childhood asthma is less common in neighborhoods with high economic potential and strong community vitality, new research shows. “It’s nice to be able to look at some positive characteristics of neighborhoods that may protect against asthma,” Dr. Ruchi S. Gupta, of Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, one of the researchers on the study, told Reuters [...]