Does Your Child Have Asthma? Filled Prescriptions and Household Report of Child Asthma

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 374-383

  Joesch, Jutta M ^a   Kim, Hyoshin ^a   Kieckhefer, Gail M ^a   Greek, April A ^a   Baydar, Nazli ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750318796     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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