Factors associated with emergency department visits by children with asthma: Implications for health education

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1410-1415

  Wasilewski, Yvonne ^b   Clark, Noreen M ^a   Evans, David ^b   Levison, Moshej ^c   Levin, Bnice ^d   Meilins, Robert B ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; WHEEZING;

EID: 0029861860     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.10.1410     Document Type: Article

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