Prevalence and burden of illness for asthma and related symptoms among kindergartners in Chicago public schools

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Grant, Evalyn N ^a,b,c   Daugherty, Steven R ^a   Moy, James N ^a,b   Nelson, Sandra G ^a   Piorkowski, Julie M ^a   Weiss, Kevin B ^d  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032784042     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62621-X     Document Type: Article

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