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The Connection between Asthma and Toxic Stress

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Chronic Stress Exposure Among Young African American Children with Asthma: Racism is a Factor [annallergy.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 9/18/199:48 AM

By Bridgette L. Jones, Vincent Staggs, and Brianna Woods-Jaeger, Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, September 17, 2019 African American and Hispanic children are more likely to have a diagnosis of asthma and significantly higher disease related morbidity in comparison to non-Hispanic white children. Mortality rates are likewise higher as African American children are 8 times more likely than non-Hispanic white children to die from asthma 1. The cause of this striking health...

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The Connection between Asthma and Toxic Stress

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