Asthma prevalence among Alaska Native and nonnative residents younger than 20 years enrolled in Medicaid

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 616-621

  Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STEROID THERAPY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037841276     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61865-0     Document Type: Article

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