Risk factors for accident and emergency (A&E) attendance for asthma in inner city children

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 855-860

  Forbes, Lindsay ^a   Harvey, Sheila ^b   Newson, Roger ^c   Jarvis, Deborah ^c   Luczynska, Christina ^d   Price, John ^e   Burney, Peter ^c  

^a SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35349001632     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.058362     Document Type: Article

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