Asthma and wheezy bronchitis in adolescents: biosocial correlates.
This study examined the epidemiological aspects of asthma and wheezy bronchitis at 16 years of age in children of a large British National cohort previously studied at the time of birth and when they were 7 and 11. It confirmed, for age 16, the steady decline in numbers of children suffering from asthma or wheezy bronchitis previously seen between ages 7 and 11. Significantly more boys than girls continued to report having these ailments. At age 16, children with asthma were more likely than those without to suffer from such allergy-related conditions as eczema and to come from homes where the principal wage-earner has a nonmanual job and where both mother and child smoke.
Kaplan
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Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Mascie-Tayor
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D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004493:Education; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking; D012931:Social Environment; D006113:United Kingdom