"There were 123 children enrolled in the study between the ages of five and 17 and all of those children were asthmatic," Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership Managing Director Operations and Program Evaluation Pete Cimbolic said.
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Children with asthma who moved from distressed neighborhoods and into low-poverty neighborhoods experienced significant improvements in symptom days and exacerbations, according to a study published in JAMA. Based on these findings, programs that counter housing discrimination may reduce asthma morbidity, Elizabeth C. Matsui, MD, MHS, professor of population health, Dell Medical School at the