Helping schoolchildren with asthma breathe easier: Partnerships in community-based environmental health education

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 464-466

  O'Neill, Marie S ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Children; Community based education; Environmental justice; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030139797     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104464     Document Type: Review

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