The role of the social environment in children and adolescents with asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 644-649

  Chen, Edith ^a   Chim, Louise S ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^b   Miller, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behaviors; Children; Inflammatory markers; Support

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PEER GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34848851619     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200610-1473OC     Document Type: Article

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