Parental language and asthma among urban Hispanic children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1160-1165

  Mosnaim, Giselle S ^a   Sadowski, Laura S ^b   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^c   Sharp, Lisa K ^d   Curtis, Laura M ^e   Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^f   Shannon, John J ^g   Weiss, Kevin B ^e  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cook County Bureau of Health Services and Rush Medical College ^*  (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; Hispanic; language; pediatrics; school

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35748961403     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.040     Document Type: Article

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