Asthma Burden in a Citywide, Diverse Sample of Elementary Schoolchildren in Chicago

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-277

  Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^a   Sadowski, Laura M ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^c   Weiss, Kevin B ^c   Shannon, John J ^b  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; inner city; pediatric asthma; school; underdiagnosis; urban

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34548669606     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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