Asthma severity and PTSD symptoms among inner city children: A pilot study

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-207

  Vanderbilt, Douglas ^a,b   Young, Robin ^a   MacDonald, Helen Z ^a   Grant Knight, Wanda ^a   Saxe, Glenn ^a   Zuckerman, Barry ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Health outcomes; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65849104101     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730802046136     Document Type: Article

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