Urban children and asthma: Morbidity and mortality

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-84

  Eggleston, P A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ASTHMA; CAT; COCKROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031934287     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(05)70348-9     Document Type: Article

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