Asthma: The State's challenge

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 198-205

  Brown, Clive M ^a,b   Anderson, Henry A ^d   Etzel, Ruth A ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Air Poll and Resp Health Branch   (United States)

^c Special Projects ^*

^d Environ Epidemiologist Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030611340     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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