Asthma disparities in urban environments

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1199-1206

  Bryant Stephens, Tyra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; asthma interventions; asthma morbidity; children; community based; disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; URBAN AREA; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649225565     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.030     Document Type: Review

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