Is there a disparity in the prevalence of asthma between American Indian and white adults?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 557-560

  Loveland, Katie M ^a   Kessler, Anne C ^a   Helgerson, Steven D ^a   Harwell, Todd S ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disparity; Epidemiology; Indian North American; Montana; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MONTANA; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349132057     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900801999108     Document Type: Article

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