Racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosed and possible undiagnosed asthma among public-school children in Chicago

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1599-1603

  Quinn, Kelly ^c   Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^d   Berry, Carolyn A ^a   Mijanovich, Tod ^a   Wolf, Raoul L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRIEF PEDIATRIC ASTHMA SCREEN PLUS QUESTIONNAIRE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33746354642     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071514     Document Type: Article

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