Issues and methods in disparities research: The Rhode Island-Puerto Rico asthma center

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 899-908

  Canino, Glorisa ^a   McQuaid, Elizabeth L ^b   Alvarez, Maria ^c   Colon, Angel ^c   Esteban, Cynthia ^d   Febo, Vivian ^a   Klein, Robert B ^d   Mitchell, Daphne Koinis ^b   Kopel, Sheryl J ^b   Montealegre, Federico ^e   Ortega, Alexander N ^f   Rodriguez Santana, Jose ^c   Seifer, Ronald ^b   Fritz, Gregory K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Health disparities; Latino; Puerto Rican; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 69749091046     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21075     Document Type: Article

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