Studies link poverty with increased risk for asthma

(NBC NEWS) -- The water runs non-stop in Joy Dawson's tiny one bedroom apartment.
The result? Mold.
It's one of the many things in the living environment that makes it hard for Joy and her daughter, Savana, to breathe.
Both have severe asthma. The chronic disease inflames and narrows airways.....

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Prevalence trends in respiratory symptoms and asthma in relation to smoking - two cross-sectional studies ten years apart among adults in northern Sweden

Smoking is considered to be the single most important preventable risk factor for respiratory symptoms. Estimating prevalence of respiratory symptoms is important since they most often precede a diagnosis of an obstructive airway disease, which places a major burden on the society......

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