Evaluating the factors that relate to asthma severity in adolescents

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 87-95

  Togias, Alkis ^a   Horowitz, Edward ^a   Joyner, Deborah ^a   Guydon, Linda ^a   Malveaux, Floyd ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Cockroach allergy; Severity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; COCKROACH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COCKROACHES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030931024     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237515     Document Type: Article

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