Chronic poverty and childhood asthma in the maritimes versus the rest of Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-23

  Lethbridge, Lynn N ^a   Phipps, Shelley A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Poverty; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHEEZING; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13844256875     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404007     Document Type: Article

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