Asthma and the home environment of low-income urban children: Preliminary findings from the Seattle-King County healthy homes project

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-67

  Krieger, James W ^a,c   Lin, Song ^a   Takaro, Timothy K ^b   Stout, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Indoor Air Pollution; Indoor Environment; Knowledge Behaviors; Low Income Populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033997560     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02350962     Document Type: Article

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