The Fresno Asthma Project: A Model Intervention to Control Asthma in Multiethnic, Low-Income, Inner-City Communities

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-98

  Wilson, Sandra R ^a   Scamagas, Peter ^b   Grado, Joy ^d   Norgaard, Linda ^c   Starr, Norma J ^e   Eaton, Sandra ^c   Pomaville, Katherine ^d  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Amer Lung Assoc Ctrl California   (United States)

^d San Joaquin Valley Health Consortium   (United States)

^e AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONSUMER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031990960     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500107     Document Type: Article

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