How do ethnicity and primary language spoken at home affect management practices and outcomes in children and adolescents with asthma?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Chan, Kitty S ^a   Keeler, Emmett ^b   Schonlau, Matthias ^b   Rosen, Mayde ^b   Mangione Smith, Rita ^c  

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

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644410432     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.3.283     Document Type: Article

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