Race, Ethnicity and Social Class and the Complex Etiologies of Asthma

Overview

Journal Pharmacogenomics

Specialties Genetics
Pharmacology

Date 2008 Apr 4

PMID 18384258

Citations 33

Authors

Katherine A Drake

Joshua M Galanter

Esteban Gonzalez Burchard

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Abstract

Asthma is a common but complex respiratory disease caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Significant racial and ethnic disparities in prevalence, mortality and drug response have been described. These disparities may be explained by racial and ethnic-specific variation in genetic, environmental, social and psychological risk factors. In addition, race, ethnicity and social class are important proxies for unmeasured factors that influence health outcomes. Herein, we review salient differences in the etiologies of asthma by race, ethnicity and social class, and argue for their continued use as variables in asthma research.

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