The Chicago Asthma Surveillance Initiative: A community-based approach to understanding asthma care

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Weiss, Kevin B ^a   Grant, Evalyn N ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CAUSALITY; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032831641     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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