Racial disparities in childhood asthma in the United States: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997 to 2003

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  McDaniel, Marla ^a   Paxson, Christina ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Black; Children; Health; National Health Interview Survey; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646833582     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1721     Document Type: Article

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