Childhood asthma and extreme values of body mass index: The Harlem Children's Zone Asthma Initiative

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-433

  Kwon, Helen L ^b   Ortiz, Benjamin ^a   Swaner, Rachel ^c   Shoemaker, Katherine ^c   Jean Louis, Betina ^c   Northridge, Mary E ^b   Vaughan, Roger D ^b   Marx, Terry ^d   Goodman, Andrew ^e   Borrell, Luisa N ^b   Nicholas, Stephen W ^a  

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

^b Harlem Children's Zone Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Harlem Children's Zone Inc   (United States)

^d New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^e East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Gender; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 33748194184     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9050-9     Document Type: Article

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