Social Factors and the Environment in Pediatric Asthma

Principal Investigator: Carolyn Berry (New York University)
Co-principal Investigators: Madeleine Shalowitz, Raoul Wolf (University of Chicago)

This study investigates the racial disparities in pediatric asthma outcome among low income African-American, Latino and Caucasian elementary school-aged children in Chicago. The goal is to clarify the biological and environmental, and the social and behavioral processes that lead to these disparities.

Funding Source: NIEHS

For More Information Please Contact: m-shalowitz@northwestern.edu

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