Associations of doctor-diagnosed asthma with immigration status, age at immigration, and length of residence in the United States in a sample of Mexican American school children in Chicago

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 796-802

  Eldeirawi, Kamal ^a   McConnell, Rob ^b   Furner, Sylvia ^a   Freels, Sally ^a   Stayner, Leslie ^a   Hernandez, Eva ^a   Amoruso, Lisa ^c   Torres, Shioban ^d   Persky, Victoria W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Valence Health   (United States)

^d American Cancer Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Country of birth; Immigration; Mexican Americans; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANCY; INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350062701     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903114572     Document Type: Article

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