Changes in reporting of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and age over 10 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Brahan, Denise ^a,b   Bauchner, Howard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disparity; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RACE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; SEX; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844387151     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1437     Document Type: Review

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