Race, asthma, and persistent wheeze in Philadelphia schoolchildren

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1406-1409

  Cunningham, Joan ^a   Dockeiy, Douglas W ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

EID: 0029858460     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.10.1406     Document Type: Article

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