Trends in childhood asthma: Prevalence, health care utilization, and mortality

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 315-322

  Akinbami, Lara J ^a   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Hospitalization; Mortality; Office visits; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036339313     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.2.315     Document Type: Article

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