@article{ref1,
title="The associations between victimization, feeling unsafe, and asthma episodes among US high-school students",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2006",
author="Swahn, Monica H. and Bossarte, Robert M.",
volume="96",
number="5",
pages="802-804",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2005.066514",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.066514"
}