PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Stacy K. Silvers
AU  - David M. Lang
TI  - Asthma in African Americans: What can we do about the higher rates of disease?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11016
DP  - 2012 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 193--201
VI  - 79
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/3/193.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/3/193.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Mar 01; 79
AB  - African Americans not only have a higher prevalence of asthma than whites, they also are encumbered with higher rates of asthma-associated morbidity and death. Factors such as genetics, socioeconomic status, health maintenance behaviors, air quality, and obesity likely contribute in combination to these burdens. Further work is needed to better understand these complex risk factors. To remedy these disparities, we need to ensure that patients at higher risk are given proper care and the knowledge to control their asthma.