Community Violence and Asthma Morbidity: The Inner-City Asthma Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 625-632

  Wright, Rosalind J ^a,b,g   Mitchell, Herman ^c   Visness, Cynthia M ^c   Cohen, Sheldon ^d   Stout, James ^e   Evans, Richard ^f   Gold, Diane R ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RHO INC   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NIGHT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLAY; RUMINATION; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WHEEZING;

EID: 1842582318     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.4.625     Document Type: Article

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