Inner-city asthma

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 737-752

  Sandel, Megan ^a   O'Connor, George ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; COCKROACH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036838377     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(02)00014-0     Document Type: Review

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