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Citation

Swahn MH, Bossarte RM. Am. J. Public Health 2006; 96(5): 802-804.

Affiliation

Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mail Stop K-50, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA. mswahn@cdc.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2005.066514

PMID

16571695

PMCID

PMC1470602

Abstract

We examined the associations between victimization, missed school because of feeling unsafe, and asthma episodes among US high-school students using the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Cross-sectional analyses on adolescents with asthma (n=1943) showed that any victimization and missed school because of feeling unsafe significantly increased the odds of having an asthma episode in the past year (adjusted odds ratio OR=1.45; 95% confidence interval CI = 1.07, 1.95 and adjusted OR = 2.93; 95% CI = 1.90, 4.53, respectively). Victimization and feeling unsafe are important but poorly understood risk factors for asthma.


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