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Ethnic differences in perception of lung function: a factor in pediatric asthma disparities?

Gregory K GK Fritz, Elizabeth L EL McQuaid, Sheryl J SJ Kopel, Ronald R Seifer, Robert B RB Klein, Daphne Koinis DK Mitchell, Cynthia A CA Esteban, Jose J Rodriguez-Santana, Angel A Colon, Maria M Alvarez, and Glorisa G Canino

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182(1):12-8 (2010) PMID 20299534

Disparities in pediatric asthma exist in that Latino children have higher prevalence and greater morbidity from asthma than non-Latino white children. The factors behind these disparities are poorly understood, but ethnic-related variations in children's ability to accurately recognize and report their pulmonary functioning may be a contributing process.

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200906-0836OC
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