Asthma diagnosis among individuals in same-sex relationships

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 579-584

  Heck, Julia E ^a,b,c   Jacobson, Judith S ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Homosexuality; Smoking; Stress; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAME SEX RELATIONSHIP; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750059166     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600878289     Document Type: Article

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