ABSTRACT
KRISTIN M. BURKART, MEGAN T. SANDEL, and GEORGE T. O’CONNOR
I. Excess Burden of Asthma in the Inner City
Asthma, one of the most common chronic diseases in all socioeconomic groups in the United States, imposes a particularly heavy burden on residents of inner cities. The dimensions of this excess burden include asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality.
