Health care use by inner-city patients with asthma

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-174

  Murray, Michael D ^a,b   Stang, Paul ^c,f   Tierney, William M ^b,d,e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SmithKline Reechham P   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health services; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030893923     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00333-2     Document Type: Article

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