Does access to care equal asthma control in school-age children?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-383

  Kruzick, Tracy ^a   Covar, Ronina A ^a   Gleason, Melanie ^a   Cicutto, Lisa ^a   White, Marty ^b   Shocks, Donna ^b   Szefler, Stanley J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Denver Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 67651230191     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.048     Document Type: Letter

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