Addressing the childhood asthma crisis in Harlem: The Harlem Children's Zone Asthma Initiative

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-249

  Nicholas, Stephen W ^a,d   Jean Louis, Betina ^b   Ortiz, Benjamin ^a   Northridge, Mary ^c   Shoemaker, Katherine ^b   Vaughan, Roger ^c   Rome, Michaela ^b   Canada, Geoffrey ^b   Hutchinson, Vincent ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Harlem Children's Zone Inc   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SYMPTOM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 13144259640     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.042705     Document Type: Article

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