Design and methods of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-252

  Mitchell, Herman ^a   Senturia, Yvonne ^b   Gergen, Peter ^c   Baker, Dean ^d,k   Joseph, Christine ^e   McNiff Mortimer, Kathleen ^a   Wedner, H James ^f   Crain, Ellen ^g   Eggleston, Peyton ^h   Evans III, Richard ^b   Kattan, Meyer ^d   Kercsmar, Carolyn ⁱ   Leickly, Fred ^e   Malveaux, Floyd ^j   Smartt, Ernestine ^c   Weiss, Kevin ^c,l  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Inner city

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SKIN TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030729994     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199710)24:4<237::AID-PPUL3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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