Unconventional risk factors: Another pathway to understanding health disparities

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-167

  Gergen, Peter J ^a   Apter, Andrea J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; Asthma; disparities; morbidity

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845935622     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.10.032     Document Type: Editorial

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