A school-based asthma intervention program in the Buffalo, New York, schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-32

  Lwebuga Mukasa, Jamson ^a   Dunn Georgiou, Elisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036356797     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06508.x     Document Type: Article

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