Risk factors for asthma and asthma severity in nonurban children in Connecticut

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Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3846-3853

  Higgins, Pamela Sangeloty ^a,b   Wakefield, Dorothy ^a   Cloutier, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma risk factors; Asthma severity; Pediatric asthma

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COCKROACH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344460954     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.6.3846     Document Type: Article

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