TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Inner-City Asthma
AU - Seth, Divya
AU - Saini, Shweta
AU - Poowuttikul, Pavadee
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Inner-city children with asthma are known to have high disease mortality and morbidity. Frequently, asthma in this high-risk population is difficult to control and more severe in nature. Several factors, including socioeconomic hardship, ability to access to health care, adherence to medication, exposure to certain allergens, pollution, crowd environment, stress, and infections, play an important role in the pathophysiology of inner-city asthma. Comprehensive control of home allergens and exposure to tobacco smoke, the use of immune based therapies, and school-based asthma programs have shown promising results in asthma control in this population.
AB - Inner-city children with asthma are known to have high disease mortality and morbidity. Frequently, asthma in this high-risk population is difficult to control and more severe in nature. Several factors, including socioeconomic hardship, ability to access to health care, adherence to medication, exposure to certain allergens, pollution, crowd environment, stress, and infections, play an important role in the pathophysiology of inner-city asthma. Comprehensive control of home allergens and exposure to tobacco smoke, the use of immune based therapies, and school-based asthma programs have shown promising results in asthma control in this population.
KW - Asthma
KW - Asthma research networks
KW - Children
KW - Inner city
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070088540&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pcl.2019.06.012
DO - 10.1016/j.pcl.2019.06.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31466685
AN - SCOPUS:85070088540
VL - 66
SP - 967
EP - 979
JO - Pediatric Clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric Clinics of North America
SN - 0031-3955
IS - 5
ER -