Children's asthma experience and the importance of place

Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-444

  Rudestam, Kirsten ^a,b   Brown, Phil ^a   Zarcadoolas, Christina ^a   Mansell, Catherine ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S Barbara Watershed Resource Center

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children's health; Illness experience; Place

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIOLENCE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 6444222246     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459304045697     Document Type: Review

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