Racial and ethnic differences in asthma diagnosis among children who wheeze

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1254-1260

  Akinbami, Lara J ^a   Rhodes, Julia C ^a   Lara, Marielena ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnic disparity; Prevalence; Racial differences; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144467060     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0897     Document Type: Article

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