Ethnic differences in the prevalence of asthma in middle class children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-26

  Nelson, Dorothy A ^a   Johnson, Christine C ^b   Divine, George W ^b   Strauchman, Cathey ^a   Joseph, Christine L M ^b   Ownby, Dennis R ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031020375     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63365-0     Document Type: Article

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