Risk for asthma in 1-year-old infants residing in New York City high-risk neighborhoods

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Meyer, Ilan H ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Perera, Frederica P ^a   Ford, Jean G ^a,b  

^a Columbia Ctr Children's Environ H ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DYSPNEA; EAR INFECTION; ECZEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141843513     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120018789     Document Type: Article

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