Low birthweight and asthma among young urban children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1604-1610

  Nepomnyaschy, Lenna ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^b  

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

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748052038     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.079400     Document Type: Article

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