The effects of race/ethnicity and income on early childhood asthma prevalence and health care use

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 428-430

  Miller, Jane E ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034092132     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.3.428     Document Type: Article

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