Targeting improvements in asthma morbidity in Chicago a 10-year retrospective of community action

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 866S-873S

  Shannon, John Jay ^a,d   Catrambone, Catherine D ^b   Coover, Lenore ^c  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Pediatric Case Management Services   (United States)

^d PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community action; Consortia; Quality improvement; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248955507     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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