Are we ready for universal school-based asthma screening? An outcomes evaluation

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1256-1262

  Yawn, Barbara P ^a   Wollan, Peter ^a   Scanlon, Paul ^b   Kurland, Margary ^a  

^a OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036951425     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.12.1256     Document Type: Article

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