The Latino paradox in neighborhood context: The case of asthma and other respiratory conditions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 919-925

  Cagney, Kathleen A ^a   Browning, Christopher R ^b   Wallace, Danielle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247195041     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071472     Document Type: Article

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