A culturally competent asthma management intervention: A randomized controlled pilot study

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-85

  La Roche, Martin J ^a,b,e   Koinis Mitchell, Daphne ^c   Gualdron, Leyla ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Martha Eliot Health Center   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIFAMILY ASTHMA GROUP TREATMENT PROGRAM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 31444451648     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61044-7     Document Type: Article

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