Rethinking race/ethnicity, income, and childhood asthma: Racial/ethnic disparities concentrated among the very poor

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-116

  Smith, Lauren A ^a,e   Hatcher Ross, Juliet L ^b   Wertheimer, Richard ^c   Kahn, Robert S ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 16844372338     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000203     Document Type: Article

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