Community-level data suggest that asthma prevalence varies between U.S. and foreign-born black subpopulations.

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For Mexican and Chinese immigrants it has been reported that foreign born children have a lower prevalence of asthma than U.S.-born children. Inner-city black populations have a high prevalence of asthma. However, despite growing populations of black immigrants, we are aware of no previous studies that have looked at the effect of nativity on their asthma prevalence. We report data collected from a convenience...

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