Providence school asthma partnership: School-based asthma program for inner-city families

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 449-453

  DePue, Judith D ^a   McQuaid, Elizabeth L ^b   Koinis Mitchell, Daphne ^b   Camillo, Christopher ^c   Alario, Anthony ^c   Klein, Robert B ^c  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Ethnic minority; Intervention; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PARENT COUNSELING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RHODE ISLAND; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547156487     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701421955     Document Type: Article

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