Influences on childhood asthma in low-income communities in China and the United States

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 493-497

  Clark, Noreen M ^a   Gong, Molly ^a   Brown, Randall W ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth W ^a   Yu, Jian ^a   Valerio, Melissa A ^a   Joseph, Christine L M ^b   Wu, Guixian ^c   Zeng, Zhechun ^c   Wu, Zhaosu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Beijing Heart and Lung Blood Vessel Disease Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Elementary schools; Low income

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HISTAMINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944488302     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-200067568     Document Type: Article

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