Prevalence of asthma and chronic respiratory symptoms among Alaska native children

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1665-1673

  Lewis, Toby C ^a,e   Stout, James W ^b   Martinez, Patricia ^d   Morray, Barbara ^b   White, Lisa C ^b   Heckbert, Susan R ^c   Redding, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Asthma epidemiology; Child; Eskimos; North American Indian

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 2442625258     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.5.1665     Document Type: Article

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