Assessing quality of life in Mexican-American children with asthma: Impact-on-family and functional status

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 415-426

  Kromer, Megan E ^a   Prihoda, Thomas J ^a   Hidalgo, Humberto A ^a   Wood, Pamela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Health status; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans; Morbidity; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033796325     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/25.6.415     Document Type: Article

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