Domestic violence is associated with adult and childhood asthma prevalence in India
International Journal of Epidemiology [Advance Access], February 2007
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dym007v2
S V Subramanian, Leland K Ackerson, Malavika A Subramanyam and Rosalind J Wright
"Little is known on the influence of stressful psychosocial circumstances in predicting asthma. We examine the link between asthma prevalence and domestic violence (DV) in a nationally representative sample of adults and children in India.
We find a consistent association between being exposed to, and having experienced, DV and asthma prevalence. Stress-induced mechanisms, partially captured through violence and social circumstances, may be a critical explanatory link in furthering our understanding of the social disparities in asthma."
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