Effect of insurance coverage on the relationship between asthma hospitalizations and exposure to air pollution

Public Health Reports

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-148

  Naueberg, Eric ^a   Basu, Kisalaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OZONE LAYER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICAID; OZONE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032851108     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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