Why modest geographic effects for asthma? Pharmaceutical treatment as neutralizing mechanism

Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-454

  Timmermans, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Care work; Neighborhood effect; Pharmaceuticals; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548387959     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307080862     Document Type: Article

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