Along with the usual risk factors for asthma such as smoking and poverty, researchers have added another: a neighborhood where individuals live in fear.

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Along with the usual risk factors for asthma such as smoking and poverty, researchers have added another: a neighborhood where individuals live in fear. "People in poor neighborhoods who don't trust one another, who live in a climate of fear, may be more likely to lock themselves in their apartments, where they are...