Area-level socio-economic status and health status among adults with asthma and rhinitis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-94

  Blanc, P D ^a,b,d   Yen, I H ^a   Chen, H ^a,b   Katz, P P ^a,b   Earnest, G ^a   Balmes, J R ^a,c   Trupin, L ^a   Friedling, N ^a   Yelin, E H ^a,b   Eisner, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Asthma epidemiology; Asthma quality of life; Asthma with chronic sinusitis; Economic aspects of asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 30744463546     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00061205     Document Type: Article

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