Reducing home triggers for asthma: The latino community health worker approach

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Martin, Molly ^a   Hernández, Olivia ^b   Naureckas, Edward ^c   Lantos, John ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Centro Comunitario Juan Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community health workers; Home triggers; Latino health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745726748     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600709781     Document Type: Article

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