Characteristics of inner-city children with asthma: The National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-262

  Kattan, Meyer ^a   Mitchell, Herman ^b   Eggleston, Peyton ^c   Gergen, Peter ^d   Crain, Ellen ^e   Redline, Susan ^f   Weiss, Kevin ^d,l   Evans III, Richard ^g   Kaslow, Richard ^h   Kercsmar, Carolyn ^f   Leickly, Fred ⁱ   Malveaux, Floyd ^j   Wedner, H James ^k   Smartt, Ernestine ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

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

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

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁱ HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Inner city

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCKROACHES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MITES; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SKIN TESTS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030729995     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199710)24:4<253::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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