Pre- and perinatal risk factors for asthma in inner city African-American children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 570-577

  Oliveti, John F ^a   Kercsmar, Carolyn M ^a   Redline, Susan ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; blacks; child; prenatal care; prenatal exposure delayed effects; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029919119     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008787     Document Type: Article

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