Trends in pediatric asthma hospitalization rates: Regional and socioeconomic differences

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Goodman, David C ^a,b   Stukel, Therese A ^a   Chang, Chiang Hua ^a  

^a Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children trends; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031908877     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.2.208     Document Type: Article

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