Relationships of race and socioeconomic status with prevalence, severity, and symptoms of asthma in Chicago school children

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-271

  Persky, Victoria W ^a,b   Slezak, Julie ^a   Contreras, Alicia ^b   Becker, Laura ^a   Hernandez, Eva ^b   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^a   Piorkowski, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Erie Family Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031719034     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62824-4     Document Type: Article

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