Asthma prevalence and risk factors in selected head start sites in Chicago

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Slezak, Julie A ^a   Persky, Victoria W ^a   Kviz, Frederick J ^a   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^a   Byers, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Illinois Dept of Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Head start; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031942106     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909809068208     Document Type: Article

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