A landmark study of asthma is looking at the environmental and socialaspects of a disease that tends to have a greater effect on minoritychildren who live in urban areas. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’sLester Graham reports:
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A landmark study of asthma is looking at the environmental and social
aspects of a disease that tends to have a greater effect on minority children who live in
urban areas. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports.
This five year program is researching asthma in eight centers
Across the nation. The Detroit portion looks at African-
American children who suffer from asthma. Tim Dvonch is with
The university of Michigan. He says the study looks at a broad
Spectrum of factors that affect the disease,
Everything from pollutants that trigger it to how families
Manage it.
“Medical doctors with direct clinical experience teamed with
environmental scientists teamed with social research scientists, all of
these different people that are on our research teams that are coming
together makes it a very unique strength.”
Besides looking at local environmental factors, the study
Will also look at whether pollutants from smokestack
Industries hundreds of miles away aggravate asthma in
Children.
For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, this is Lester graham.