Exploring lay definitions of asthma and interpersonal barriers to care in a predominantly Puerto Rican, inner-city community

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 527-537

  Zayas, Luis E ^a,b   Jaén, Carlos Roberto ^a   Kane, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health; Asthma; Attitudes to health; Communication barriers; Hispanic American; Qualitative evaluation; Signs and symptoms, respiratory; Theoretical models; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; PUERTO RICO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0344131914     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909909054559     Document Type: Article

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