Chicago Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP)

Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 133-141

  Persky, Victoria ^a,b   Coover, Lenore ^a   Hernandez, Eva ^b   Contreras, Alicia ^a   Piorkowski, Julie ^a   Turyk, Mary ^a   Sanchez, Ana Maria ^b   Wuellner, Jacqueline ^a   Baker, Laurie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Erie Family Health Center   (United States)

^c Mobile Care Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chicago; Community; Educators; Prevention; Program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034494911     PISSN: 15227987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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