The relationship of fall school opening and emergency department asthma visits in a large metropolitan area

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 818-823

  Silverman, Robert A ^a   Ito, Kazuhiko ^b   Stevenson, Lori ^c   Hastings, Harold M ^d  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 24344437745     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.9.818     Document Type: Article

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