Presentation and treatment of asthma among native children in southwest Alaska delta

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-34

  Kurzius Spencer, Margaret ^a   Wind, Steven ^b   Van Sickle, David ^b   Martinez, Patricia ^c   Wright, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Asthma; Chronic lung disease; Native American; Pediatric asthma; Treatment; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESKIMO; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALASKA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; INUITS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 10344231971     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20132     Document Type: Article

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