Social adversity, migration and hospital admissions for childhood asthma in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1107-1112

  Hjern, A ^a,b   Haglund, B ^b   Bremberg, S ^a   Ringback Weitoft G ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnicity; Inequity; Migration; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032885063     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950168171     Document Type: Article

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