The relation of socioeconomic factors and racial/ethnic differences in US asthma mortality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1923-1925

  Grant, E N ^a   Lyttle, C S ^a   Weiss, K B ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033714419     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.12.1923     Document Type: Article

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