Racial Gap in Children's Asthma Linked to Social Inequality in Houston Neighborhoods
February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017
HOUSTON, Feb. 28 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. But according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University, racial and socio-economic gaps in the proportion of children in Houston who have asthma may be a result of social inequalities in the neighborhoods where children live.
"Comprehensive Neighborhood Portraits and Child Asthma Disparit . . .
African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. But according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University, racial and socio-economic gaps in the proportion of children in Houston who have asthma may be a result of social inequalities in the neighborhoods where children live.
"Comprehensive Neighborhood Portraits and Child Asthma Disparit . . .