School absenteeism in children with asthma in a Los Angeles inner city school

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 802-806

  Bonilla, Sheila ^a   Kehl, Sarah ^a   Kwong, Kenny Y C ^a,b   Morphew, Tricia ^a   Kachru, Rital ^a   Jones, Craig A ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b General Laboratories Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABSENTEEISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PARENTS; RECORDS; STUDENTS;

EID: 28844471909     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.06.041     Document Type: Article

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