Area of residence, birthplace, and asthma in Puerto Rican children

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1331-1338

  Cohen, Robyn T ^a,d   Canino, Glorisa J ^b   Bird, Hector R ^c   Shen, Sa ^c   Rosner, Bernard A ^a   Celedón, Juan C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Prevalence; Puerto Ricans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUERTO RICO; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248526037     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1917     Document Type: Article

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