Difficult Family Relationships, Residential Greenspace, and Childhood Asthma
Author(s) -
Edith Chen,
Gregory E. Miller,
Madeleine U. Shalowitz,
Rachel E. Story,
Cynthia S. Levine,
Robin Hayen,
Hind Sbihi,
Michael Bräuer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-3056
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , confounding , exhaled nitric oxide , demographics , psychosocial , quality of life (healthcare) , demography , immunology , psychiatry , nursing , sociology , bronchoconstriction
Both the social environment and the physical environment are increasingly recognized as important to childhood diseases such as asthma. This study tested a novel hypothesis: that living in areas high in greenspace may help buffer the effects of difficult family relationships for children with asthma.
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