Does low birth weight help to explain the increased prevalence of asthma among African-Americans?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 507-512

  Joseph, Christine L M ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^b   Peterson, Edward L ^a   Johnson, Christine C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0036590960     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62390-3     Document Type: Article

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