Burden of COPD, asthma, and concomitant COPD and asthma among adults: Racial disparities in a medicaid population

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-411

  Shaya, Fadia T ^a   Maneval, Mark S ^a   Gbarayor, Confidence M ^a   Sohn, Kyongsei ^a   Dalal, Anand A ^b   Du, Dongyi ^a   Scharf, Steven M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 68849089007     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2304     Document Type: Article

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