Racial and ethnic differences in adult asthma prevalence, problems, and medical care

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-552

  Gorman, Bridget K ^a   Chu, Meredith ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Medical care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR QUALITY; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; ANCESTRY GROUP; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349943794     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850902954195     Document Type: Article

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