Toward the assessment of scientific and public health impacts of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences extramural asthma research program using available data

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1147-1154

  Liebow, Edward ^a   Phelps, Jerry ^b   Van Houten, Bennett ^c   Rose, Shyanika ^a   Orians, Carlyns ^a   Cohen, Jennifer ^a   Monroe, Philip ^a   Drew, Christina H ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Evaluation methodology; Health impact analysis; Minorities; Policy; Pulmonary organ systems disease processes; Susceptible populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASIC RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH PRIORITY;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (U.S.); PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650901786     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800476     Document Type: Article

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