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Article: Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, Area Has High Prevalence of Asthma Sufferers.
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- November 10, 2002
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By Jan Jarvis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 10--ARLINGTON, Texas -- Asthma sufferers probably already know what a survey of 100 large U.S. cities shows: Breathing isn't easy in the Metroplex.
Fort Worth-Arlington ranked 12th and Dallas ranked 17th in an analysis of the nation's hot spots for asthma, according to a recent survey sponsored by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
This area definitely has a problem, agrees allergy sufferer Fred Lohmann of Grapevine.
"As soon as I can retire, I'm going to move to a place where I don't have to subject myself to this," said Lohmann, a ...