title: Inner city asthma.
abstract: The inner city has long been recognized as an area of high asthma morbidity and mortality. A wide range of factors interact to create this environment. These factors include well-recognized asthma risk factors that are not specific to the inner city, the structure and delivery of health care, the location and function of the urban environment, and social inequities. In this article, these facets are reviewed, and successful and unsuccessful interventions are discussed, to understand what is needed to solve this problem.
authors.affiliation: Allergy, Asthma, Airway Biology Branch (AAABB), MD, USA. Electronic address: pgergen@niaid.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gergen
authors.affiliation: Allergy, Asthma, Airway Biology Branch (AAABB), MD, USA.
authors.forename: Alkis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Togias
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects; D009765:Obesity; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects; D012923:Social Class
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide
keywords: Asthma; Disparities; Inner city; Intervention; Poverty; Severity