Race, socioeconomic factors, and area of residence are associated with asthma prevalence

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 394-401

  Litonjua, Augusto A ^a   Carey, Vincent J ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a   Gold, Diane R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Race; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033386392     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199912)28:6<394::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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