1. Briefly summarize this mass media article: “NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (2023, January 4). Specific outdoor air pollutants linked to asthma attacks in urban children. ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230104231338.htm”, and this peer-reviewed journal ” Associations between outdoor air pollutants and non-viral asthma exacerbations and airway inflammatory responses in children and adolescents living in urban areas in the USA: a retrospective secondary analysis: then include the citations for the mass media and the peer-reviewed articles (APA 7 format).
2. Explain the epidemiological concepts included in the mass media article (e.g., measures of association, study design, confounders, and bias) and how they compare to those in the peer-reviewed article.
3. Give your assessment of how well the mass media article represented the actual research that was conducted. Describe any obvious omissions from the mass media article that epidemiologists critiquing the study would need to know.
4. Finally, imagine that a patient brings this mass media article to you and asks you for your informed opinion. Explain how you would respond to or interpret the article for the patient.