Previous research has clearly established associations between low socioeconomic status
(SES) and poor youth physical health outcomes. This article provides an overview of the …

Socioeconomic status is a rough marker of a variety of environmental/behavioral exposures
and a very important determinant of differences in asthma prevalence and severity among …

Background: Primary nonadherence is probably an important contributor to suboptimal
disease management, but methodological challenges have limited investigation of it …

Asthma, a chronic respiratory disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation,
bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and reversible airflow obstruction, poses a substantial …

Background. Asthma is a common chronic illness worldwide. Asthmatic children are forced
to alter their way of living to avoid its complications or exacerbations, which negatively …

Air pollution negatively affects individuals' health and human capital accumulation. For
example, students' school performance is hampered by air pollution as it decreases …

OBJECTIVE: To examine healthcare utilization according to family income in children with
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). STUDY DESIGN: A population-based cohort of children …

BACKGROUND: Less than 25% of asthmatic children are well controlled. OBJECTIVE: To
identify factors associated with asthma exacerbation causing emergency department (ED) …

Background Current knowledge of the impact of socioeconomic factors on the risk of
admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for asthma is limited. Using composite …

Background Pediatric asthma affects 7.1 million American children incurring an annual total
direct healthcare cost around 9.3 billion dollars. Asthma control in children is suboptimal …