Beliefs and barriers to medication use in parents of latino children with asthma

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 892-898

  McQuaid, Elizabeth L ^a,d   Vasquez, Juan ^a   Canino, Glorisa ^b   Fritz, Gregory K ^a   Ortega, Alexander N ^c   Colon, Angel ^b   Klein, Robert B ^a   Kopel, Sheryl J ^a   Koinis Mitchell, Daphne ^a   Esteban, Cynthia A ^a   Seifer, Ronald ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Asthma; Childhood; Disparities; Ethnicity; Medication use

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DRUG USE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PARENTS; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69749098479     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21074     Document Type: Article

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