Disparities in asthma hospitalizations among children seen in the emergency department

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 833-837

  Kruse, Lakota K ^a   Deshpande, Sandy ^a   Vezina, Melissa ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma surveillance; Emergency department; Hospitalization; Pediatric asthma; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 37549031780     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701750163     Document Type: Article

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