A population-based study of asthma, quality of life, and occupation among elderly Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites: A cross-sectional investigation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Arif, Ahmed A ^a   Rohrer, James E ^a   Delclos, George L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEXAS;

EID: 26444473529     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-97     Document Type: Article

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